Queer

Queer is the title of an early short novel (written 1951–1953, published 1985) by William S. Burroughs. It is partially a sequel to his earlier novel, Junkie. That novel ends with the stated ambition of finding the ultimate ‘high’- a telepathic drug called Yage. Queer, although not totally devoted to that quest, does include a trip to South America looking for the...more

Queer is the title of an early short novel (written 1951–1953, published 1985) by William S. Burroughs. It is partially a sequel to his earlier novel, Junkie. That novel ends with the stated ambition of finding the ultimate ‘high’- a telepathic drug called Yage. Queer, although not totally devoted to that quest, does include a trip to South America looking for the substance. The novel is noteworthy in Burroughs' development as a writer, for it has a detached cinematic quality that is absent from his later novels. However, it also contains the first seeds of ‘routines’- the long wild-eyed monologues that would gush forth in Naked Lunch and later fiction- and mark Burroughs’ craft as radically satirical.   hide

Versione italiana: Diverso. Beh sempre meglio che Finocchio LOL!

Picks up where Junky and naked Lunch left off. William Lee lives and drinks in Mexico City and goes on a hunt for the elusive Yage plant. full of humorous and charming monologues, which make Burroughs writings so interesting. Worth the time.

Had potential to be great but actually sucked a big one, was worse than a big one in the ass