{"product_id":"william-s-burroughs-vs-the-quran-9781593764159","title":"William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur'an","description":"When Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his \"Anarcho-Sufi\" hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows disillusioned with his idol, Knight finds that his own books have led to American Muslim youths making a countercultural idol of him, placing him on the same pedestal that he had given Wilson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an attempt to forge his own path, Knight pledges himself to an Iranian Sufi order that Wilson had almost joined, attempts to write the Great American Queer Islamo-Futurist Novel, and even creates his own mosque in the wilderness of West Virginia. He also employs the \"cut-up\" writing method of Bey's friend, the late William S. Burroughs, to the Qur'an, subjecting Islam's holiest scripture to literary experimentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs vs. the Qur'an is the struggle of a hero-worshiper without heroes and the meeting of religious and artistic paths, the quest of a writer as spiritual seeker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593764159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael Muhammad Knight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180640174261,"sku":"9781593764159","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_756a3747-3abb-4d00-b60c-3606a8724a17.jpg?v=1697517349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/william-s-burroughs-vs-the-quran-9781593764159","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}