The stray bullet : William S. Burroughs in Mexico / Jorge García-Robles ; translated by Daniel C. Schechter.

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" William Burroughs arrived in Mexico City in 1949, having slipped out of New Orleans while awaiting trial on drug and weapons charges that would almost certainly have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. Still uncertain about being a writer, he had left behind a series of failed business ventures...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Bala perdida. English
Main Author:	García-Robles, Jorge, 1956-
Other Authors:	Schechter, Daniel C.
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	Spanish
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Burroughs, William S., > 1914-1997 > Homes and haunts > Mexico. Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography. Fugitives from justice > Mexico > Biography. Americans > Mexico > Biography. Mexico > Intellectual life > 20th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	xv, 156 pages, 8 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format:	Book

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