- The Place of Dead Roads
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name = The Place of Dead Roads
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image_caption = Hardcover edition byViking Press .
author =William S. Burroughs
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country =United States
language = English
series = Cities of the Red Night trilogy
genre =Novel
publisher =Viking Press
release_date = 1983
media_type = Print (Hardcover andPaperback )
pages = 306 pp
isbn = ISBN 0030704162
preceded_by =Cities of the Red Night
followed_by =The Western Lands "The Place of Dead Roads" by
William S. Burroughs , published in 1983, is the second book of the trilogy that begins with "Cities of the Red Night " and concludes with "The Western Lands ". It chronicles the story of ahomosexual gunfighter in theAmerican West . In convoluted fashion it begins with the gunfighter’s death in 1899, incorporates contrasting themes and time travel episodes, and makes use of Burroughs’ love for and extensive knowledge offirearms . By no means linear in construction, it creates an assault on the senses through vivid imagery and repetition but does not employ the famous “cut-up ” method of literarycollage or montage used in his earlier novels.The name is also that of a London-based Indie rock band.
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