# The Place of Dead Roads

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- Authors: [William S. Burroughs](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-s-burroughs)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-979-6
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2015-01-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid himself, Kim Carson, a homosexual gunslinger who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom. Fantastical and humorous, The Place of Dead Roads continues William Burroughs' exploration of society's controlling forces - the State, the Church, women, literature, drugs - with a style that is utterly unique in twentieth-century literature.