
William S. Burroughs: Liberalism with a Gun
Art of Darkness
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The Death of Joan Burrows
Burrows was convicted ona two years suspended sentence for culpable homicide or manslaughter. Later, he would say this about it: 'i am forced to the appalling conclusion that i would never have become a writer but for jones's death' But when he pointed that gun at joan valmer dropped the barrel half an inchoh, no, of course. He felt like this was the reason that he did heroine. The death of joan brought me in contact with the invader, the ugly spirit,. and manoeuvred me into a lifelong struggle in which i had no choice except to write my way out.
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