{"product_id":"william-s-burroughs-allen-ginsberg-the-yage-letters","title":"WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS \u0026 ALLEN GINSBERG \/ the YAGE LETTERS","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details js-book-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-gutters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__expand\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-short\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wt-line-height-tight wt-break-word wt-text-body\" data-buy-box-listing-title=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe YAGE LETTERS\u003c\/em\u003e, 1963\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 72 pages \u003cbr\u003e13.9 x 20.3 cm\u003cbr\u003eCity Lights Books, San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wt-line-height-tight wt-break-word wt-text-body\" data-buy-box-listing-title=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eCondition: Some scratching to cover, otherwise fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Burroughs closed his classic debut novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called 'Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a drug that could be 'the final fix'. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yage Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- a mix of travel writing, satire, psychedelia and epistolary novel - he journeys through South America, writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug, using it to travel through time and space, to derange his senses - the perfect drug for the author of the wild decentred books that followed. Years later, Ginsberg writes back as he follows in Burroughs' footsteps, and the drug worse and more profound than he had imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS \u0026 ALLEN GINSBERG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51566330609945,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/011_5076b2b4-f426-47d4-bc1f-9e7b99b3983f.jpg?v=1761721530","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/william-s-burroughs-allen-ginsberg-the-yage-letters","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}