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I never realized that this would have been so funny. I anticipated the disgusting and bizarre, but Burroughs says some really funny stuff in between all of that.

>> No.6044801

>>6044792

currently re-reading this and yeah apparently it's amazing

i kinda rap in my internal voice while reading and it's the best fun I've ever had with a book

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6044848

Indeed, it tickles the funny bone. I like to read it aloud sometimes to groups of my friends that havnt read it. Always gets a laugh.

>> No.6044851

>>6044848

lmao that image

>> No.6045388

>>6044792

Nearly all Burroughs work is pretty funny, in its own way. Apparently a lot of his early stuff is basically routines he'd do in bars and cafes in Tangier and wherever to amuse his friends.

>> No.6045394

>>6044792
This is the most worthless book ever written.

Such shit taste must be acquired to 'appreciate' this piece of shit.

>> No.6045407

>>6045394

I'm really impressed by the examples you used to prove your point.

If you had just posted your opinion without anything to back it up I probably would have discounted it but instead you put together a pretty convincing case.

Well done, I no longer have any respect for Burroughs.

>> No.6045488

>>6045394
I'm conflicted on it. On one hand, it's drugged out, disgusting, plotless rambling, but Burroughs' style can be quite entertaining when it isn't completely appalling.

>> No.6045494

>>6045407
DUDE MUSTY ASSHOLES LMAO

Seriously fuck Burroughs. What a faggot hack.

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6045501

>>6045394
>>6045494
Angsty straight edge teen confirmed

>> No.6045503

I think most of his books would be just as good without the nonsensical cut-up sections, but then he wouldn't be Burroughs would he?

I like him. It's annoying when younger writers try to imitate him though. His shtick is too much a product of his time to be done anywhere else.

>> No.6045506

>>6044792

I remember laughing out loud at his description of saintly icons having "this look of pathic dismay as if they're getting fucked up the ass and try to pay it no mind".

>> No.6045515

>>6045501
People don't even believe me when I tell them how much acid I've taken, alone, because it seems that ridiculous
>Edgy in defense of burroughs
>This knee-jerk "I snorted a hydrocodone once" teenage response

I'm dying squirtle

>> No.6045523

>>6045501
I love Burroughs, but I don't think it has anything to do with my drug use. This response is a bit stupid, anon. No offense.

>> No.6045525

>>6045515
>People don't even believe me when I tell them how much acid I've taken

Correct.

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>>6045515

>> No.6045532

>>6045488
>implying its plot less

>> No.6045657

>>6045488
... what about the other hand... ?