The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs

About this book

A provocative collection of interviews with the guru of the Beat Generation The Job is William S. Burroughs at work attacking our traditional values condemning what he calls "the American nightmare " and expressing his often barbed views on Scientology the police orgone therapy history women writing poitics sex drugs and death. His conversation splices images of death-by-hanging with elevators and airports the story of his drug addiction and cure with ideas on the use of hieroglyphs.