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Name: Last words
Author: William S. Burroughs

Last Words is a compilation of William S. Burroughs’s journal entries from the last nine months of his life, offering readers an intimate portrait of the famed author’s thoughts on aging, death, and personal loss. The volume weaves cultural criticism, memoir, and fiction, revealing Burroughs’s familiar rants on U.S. drug policy, his disdain for society, and his affection for cats. “The Old Man” appears as a witty, sometimes meditative voice, reflecting on the world and himself. The journals also contain Burroughs’s reflections on the deaths of Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary, and his own preparation for mortality, marked by guilt and a sense of absolution.

First publish date: 2000

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: William S. Burroughs

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