Re: The Naked Lunch

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>         My current problem is:
>         I have just finished watching "The Naked Lunch", the movie, by
David
> Cronenberg, and that obviously brought up an immense curiosity on William
> Burroughs and his work. I would LOVE to know more about him.
>         Thanks again,
> Nanda__________________Nanda
>            Nanda    
> 
> 

Litarary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S Burroughs by Ted Morgan is
a brilliant biography of the man. It has to be one of the most interesting
books I've read in years - what a life Burroughs has had! He also gives
some hope to us lazy wouldbe writers (he didn't really get into writing
until his mid 30s)

To be honest I find his life more interesting than his novels (but I did
like Junky and Queer)

Burrough's relationship with Paul Bowles lead me on to Bowles' Sheltering
Sky which is a fine novel (don't let the movie of the same name put you off
reading it).

Mark McCann
Belfast, Ireland

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