{"product_id":"the-place-of-dead-roads-william-s-burroughs","title":"The Place of Dead Roads, William S. Burroughs","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, John Calder (Publishers) Ltd., 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 306.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The softcover binding remains remarkably square and tight, featuring an uncreased spine that strongly suggests the volume has remained unread. The pictorial wraps are generally bright and clean, exhibiting only minor shelf-wear and a very slight upward curl to the lower fore-edge corner of the front cover. The text block shows a touch of uniform, age-appropriate toning, yet the internal leaves are crisp, clean, and entirely free from foxing, moisture damage, or prominent mishandling. An exceptionally sturdy, highly presentable survivor of a fragile paperback production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first British paperback edition of Burroughs's subversive and darkly comic Western, issued as Calderbook CB 410. Published concurrently with the hardback edition, this softcover retains the striking photographic cover layout and typographic design synonymous with Calder’s 1980s avant-garde output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eGiven the notoriously fragile nature of trade paperbacks from this period, which are highly susceptible to heavy tanning, glue failure, and spine cracking, locating a tight, uncreased example of this seminal postmodern text on the open market has become increasingly uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe second instalment in William S. Burroughs’s monumental Red Night Trilogy, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"85\"\u003eThe Place of Dead Roads\u003c\/i\u003e transports the reader into a hallucinatory vision of the American Old West. The novel chronicles the exploits of Kim Carsons, a homosexual gunslinger, time-travelling agent, and metaphysical outlaw who seeks to dismantle the oppressive moral and societal codes of the twentieth century. Blending science fiction, historical pastiche, and Burroughs’s signature cut-up techniques, the narrative unfolds as a surreal, shoot-out-filled exploration of freedom, control, and the fluid boundaries of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55535464972627,"sku":"6282","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261014_123431.jpg?v=1792490889","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-place-of-dead-roads-william-s-burroughs","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}