Product Information
For the first time in Penguin Modern Classics, the first novel in Burroughs' prophetic and revolutionary 'cut-up trilogy', now in a newly restored edition With a dangerous blend of chemistry and magic, secret agent Lee has the ability to change bodies - his own, or with anyone he chooses. Also able to time travel, he finds himself forced to use his skills to defeat a team of priests, who are using mind control to produce their own private slave race. Dead soldiers, African street urchins, evil doctors, corrupt judges and monsters from the mythology of history and science all feature in Lee's terrifying adventure. A surreal space odyssey, The Soft Machine is the first book in Burrough's innovative 'cut-up' trilogy - followed by Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded - and a ferocious assault on hype, poverty, war and addiction in all its forms.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141189789
eBay Product ID (ePID)180337516
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Soft Machine: the Restored Text
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicBooks
AuthorWilliam S. Burroughs
Book SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight247 g
Additional Product Features
EditorOliver Harris
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorWilliam S. Burroughs