Nova Express

The Restored Text

William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris

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Penguin
23 July 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Science Fantasy; Science; Cyberpunk; Urban Sci-Fi; Contemporary Sci-Fi; Detective Sci-Fi; Magic

Series: Nova Trilogy

In time for the author's centenary, a new, restored edition of the second novel in his prophetic and revolutionary 'cut-up trilogy'

The diabolical Nova Criminals now include the nightmarish characters of Sammy the Butcher, Iron Claws, Izzy the Push and the Brown Artist, and are poised to wreak untold destruction on the world with their new-found control. Only Inspector Lee of the Nova Police has any chance of stopping them, by dismantling the word and image machine before it's too late.

The third book of Burroughs's linguistically prophetic 'cut-up' trilogy - following The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded - Nova Express is a hilarious and Swiftian parody of bureaucracy and the frailty of the human animal.

By: William S. Burroughs
Edited by: Oliver Harris
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780141396064
ISBN 10: 0141396067
Series: Nova Trilogy
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 23 July 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left the United States in 1950, and lived in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris and London. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, and Queer.