Rating = 3.5 starsThis is grim and gritty stuff, most suitable for those who are familiar with the key figures who represented the Beat Generation. Sex, drugs, corruption, and self-destruction defined life for William Burroughs in Mexico City. And yeah, writing. There was some of that. Very bizarre ...
Waffling between 2.5 and 3, but a magnificent cover.I have never read any Burroughs and based on this weird biographical sketch I suspect I never will. Seemingly fueled by any drug he could get, often in a stupor, with little sense of responsibility, I would have crossed the street to avoid walking...