{"product_id":"last-words-the-final-journals-of-william-s-burroughs-9780802137784","title":"Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch \u003c\/i\u003eandone of the most celebrated literary outlaws of our time comes the most intimate work he ever wrote, a complex portrait of Burroughs at the end of his life, coming to terms with aging and death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulled from journal entries of the last nine months of his life, \u003ci\u003eLast Words\u003c\/i\u003e spans the realms of cultural criticism, personal memoir, and fiction. Classic Burroughs concerns-rants on U.S. drug policy, contempt of the state of the human race, his love for his cats--permeate the book. He breaks into classic \"routines' and provides frequent commentary on whatever he is reading--from high literature to low-brow thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Old Man\" emerges as frequently comical, sometimes meditative, always engaged--a commentator on the state of the world and the self. Most significantly, \u003ci\u003eLast Words\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the most open and vulnerable Burroughs we have ever seen. His reflections on the deaths of his friends Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary provide a window on the preparations Burroughs was making for his own death--a quest for absolution marked by a profound sense of guilt and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Words\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike anything else in the oeuvre of William S. Burroughs. It is the purest, most personal work ever presented by this writer, and a poignant portrait of the man, his life, and his creative process--one that never quit, even in the shadow of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802137784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.25h x 5.00w x 0.68d","brand":"William S. Burroughs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107738677429,"sku":"9780802137784","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_93a1f655-d417-4dc5-9235-bc91e0ba1908.jpg?v=1765862067","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/last-words-the-final-journals-of-william-s-burroughs-9780802137784","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}