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The Yage Letters,

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Yage Letters,

By William S. Burroughs

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About the book

William Burroughs closed his classic debut novel, Junky, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called 'Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a drug that could be 'the final fix'. In The Yage Letters - a mix of travel writing, satire, psychedelia and epistolary novel - he journeys through South America, writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug, using it to travel through time and space, to derange his senses - the perfect drug...Show more

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ISBN

9780141189864

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Yage Letters,

Format

Paperback

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