Book description
Both heartwarming and meditative,
The Cat Inside
explores not only the personal relationship between Burroughs and cats,
but the deeper relationship of cats with mankind, which Burroughs traces
back to the Egyptians. This book of moving and witty discourse is for
both Burroughs fans and cat lovers alike. William S. Burroughs was
born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs
expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics
of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his
treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland
in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was
widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally
influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His
numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express,
Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded and The Soft Machine
. After living in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris, and London, Burroughs
finally returned to America in 1974. He died in 1997.
