Exterminator

by Burroughs, William S. (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140050035
• ISBN10: 0140050035
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-11-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaiclike, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

"Exterminator!"	p. 3
The Lemon Kid	p. 9
Short Trip Home	p. 15
Davy Jones	p. 17
The Evening News	p. 20
Astronaut's Return	p. 22
My Face	p. 28
Wind Die. You Die. We Die	p. 36
End of the Line	p. 46
The Drums of Death	p. 50
"Johnny 23"	p. 52
The Discipline of DE	p. 55
The Perfect Servant	p. 68
Ali's Smile	p. 74
Twilight's Last Gleamings	p. 85
The Coming of the Purple Better One	p. 93
"What Washington? What Orders?"	p. 110
From Here to Eternity	p. 115
The Teacher	p. 119
They Do Not Always Remember	p. 133
Friends	p. 137
Seeing Red	p. 141
Old Movie	p. 143
Electricals	p. 144
SPUT	p. 149
Reddies	p. 152
The "Priest" They Called Him	p. 156
My Legs Senor	p. 160
The End	p. 162
Cold Lost Marbles	p. 168
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