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Summary: A freaky, fractured vision
Review: The back cover of William S. Burroughs' "Exterminator!" describes the book as an "experimental novel." Because of the book's fragmented, mosaic-like structure, I think you could also describe it as a collection of experimental prose fragments. It's a blend of science fiction, political satire, and linguistic theory, punctuated by violence and gay sex. Burroughs sometimes uses language that mirrors cinematic techniques.If there's a plot in here, it eluded me. Along the way the reader will encounter a secret agent, a pest exterminator, Scientology, the queen of England, and John Genet. "Exterminator!" is often outrageous and absurd; it feels at times like Burroughs is just writing to amuse himself.
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Summary: W.S. Burroughs Exterminator is worth reading
Review: This book is a loosely-related collection of stories by the great William S. Burroughs. In typical Burroughs fashion, the stories are a bit hard to follow, but full of great description and enjoyable, although somewhat depraved, imagery in stories such as The Lemondrop Kid. It seems to reach into Burroughs youth, apparently drawn on from his experiences as an exterminator and also has a story or two with anti-war themes. Generally a good read and a must for the Burroughs fan.
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Summary: Sensational Vietnam War-era literature.
Review: This book is a period piece, but man, what a period piece. Essentially a collection of short stories surrounding the "revolution" of the 1960s, Burroughs tears into the Military, the Right, the morality police, the War on Drugs, technology, and politics. Each story uses Burroughs's violent fantasy to tell a morality tale and bring each target of his ire into sharp relief before tearing it down utterly. Not as chilling as Naked Lunch or as sweeping as Cities of the Red Night. A good book for someone who is just getting started reading Burroughs.
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Summary: Cold Lost Marbles
Review: This book is pretty good. I was surprised to see a few bad reviews for something which seems to hold good amount of merit, especially in comparison to most. Of course, it's not Ulysses, or even Burroughs's best. It's simply good. Exterminator!, The Colonel Issues DE, Cold Lost Marbles, and The Perfect Servant have been my favorite passages since I first read it. The book is hilarious if you can manage to analytically wipe the opaque layer of genius-dirt from the neglected window obscuring Burroughs's warm, cozy, funny soul.
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Summary: Second only to "Naked Lunch".
Review: This is the only other book of William S. Burroughs that, in my opinion, comes close to the absolute genius of "Naked Lunch." A fragmented novel of strange vignettes, loosely incorporating the theme of the exterminator and his grim trade as its focus, the book reads like a hallucinatory nightmare version of the Sunday comics from an unseen world better left undiscovered. Brilliant, funny, sad and disturbing--everything grteat writing should be.
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Summary: Second only to "Naked Lunch".
Review: This is the only other book of William S. Burroughs that, in my opinion, comes close to the absolute genius of "Naked Lunch." A fragmented novel of strange vignettes, loosely incorporating the theme of the exterminator and his grim trade as its focus, the book reads like a hallucinatory nightmare version of the Sunday comics from an unseen world better left undiscovered. Brilliant, funny, sad and disturbing--everything grteat writing should be.
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Summary: The book that turned me on to Burroughs
Review: This was the first book by WSB that I ever read. I think this was a case of trial by fire, because numerous people I've spoken to found this book impossible to read. Many of the scenes are hilarious and all are memorable. The book within the book within the book... the 1968 democratic convention... the mexican pistolero in the brilliant "Twighlight's Last Gleaming"... Fu Man Chu... This book is a nexus point, threads running through all the other burroughs novels pass through here at some point. I can't recommend this book enough, but read Naked Lunch or The Wild Boys first, they are easier gate-ways into the wierdness of Burroughs.
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Summary: The book that turned me on to Burroughs
Review: This was the first book by WSB that I ever read. I think this was a case of trial by fire, because numerous people I've spoken to found this book impossible to read. Many of the scenes are hilarious and all are memorable. The book within the book within the book... the 1968 democratic convention... the mexican pistolero in the brilliant "Twighlight's Last Gleaming"... Fu Man Chu... This book is a nexus point, threads running through all the other burroughs novels pass through here at some point. I can't recommend this book enough, but read Naked Lunch or The Wild Boys first, they are easier gate-ways into the wierdness of Burroughs.
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