“Experimental writing at its most... experimental. Rumour has it that Burroughs wrote it by typing sentences out, cutting them into strips and then asking his friends to arrange them (good thing most of his friends were writers and artists too...). What is true is that he wrote it so that you could open and start reading at any page, without worrying about troubling things like linear narrative. Writing for the sake of it. Every student of literature and wannabe writer should read it, just to see what you can do with words, and to free you from any worries about how 'weird' your own writing might be. Also for the exuberance, vivid imagery, boundary-pushing, ridiculous, odd, twisted fun of it all. But don't read it if you just want a good story. It'll only annoy you.”
Rachel B wrote this review Wednesday, October 24 2007.
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