The Wild Boys (novel)
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| Author | William S. Burroughs |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Released | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 184 pp (HB) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0394475860 (HB) |
The Wild Boys (full title The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead) is a novel written by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs. It was first published in 1971 by Grove Press.
The novel tells of groups of teenage marauders who emerge from North Africa and proceed to terrorize the populace. Several characters from earlier Burroughs novels appear in the novel, including A.J. from "Naked Lunch".
[edit] Trivia
- The novel inspired the Duran Duran song, "The Wild Boys".
[edit] External links
- Synopsis of The Wild Boys.
Novels: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) - Junkie - Queer - Naked Lunch - The Soft Machine - The Ticket That Exploded - Dead Fingers Talk - Nova Express - The Last Words of Dutch Schultz - The Wild Boys - Port of Saints - Cities of the Red Night - The Place of Dead Roads - The Western Lands - My Education: A Book of Dreams
Short fiction : Interzone - Exterminator! - Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology - Blade Runner (a movie) - Tornado Alley - Ghost of Chance
Non-fiction: The Yage Letters - The Electronic Revolution - The Job - The Third Mind - Letters to Allen Ginsberg - The Burroughs File - The Adding Machine: Collected Essays - The Cat Inside - Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs - Evil River (announced 2007)
Recordings : Dead City Radio
Films: The Junky's Christmas - Ah Pook is Here - Naked Lunch
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