{"product_id":"queer-9780143117834","title":"Queer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive 25th-anniversay edition of Burroughss legendary second novel.  Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985  Queer is an enigma-both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel  Burroughs only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece  Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties  Queer follows William Lees hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down  the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges  a maniacal mix of self- lacerating humor and the ugly American at his ugliest.  A haunting tale of possession and exorcism  Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets  as this new edition reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895922786357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0143117831","price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780143117834.jpg?v=1793770933","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/queer-9780143117834","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}