Queer

Queer
ISBN-10
0141189916
ISBN-13
9780141189918
Series
Queer
Category
Aliens
Pages
231
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Penguin UK
Author
William S. Burroughs

Description

Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, this title follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene

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