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A Burroughs Compendium: Calling the Toads

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This book *seems* to have the right ingredients: Contributions from Beat scholar John Tytell, historian Douglas Brinkley, and underground luminaries like Neil Hennesey and Lee Renaldo. The fans that this book is targeted to, however, will most likely find it a thin, disappointing collection of dross.

The 'previously unpublished interviews' reveal little that hasn't been published elsewhere, apart from the fact that Burroughs was either exceedingly patient or bored stiff with the people who insisted on asking him the same questions he'd been asked over and over again for the past 40 years.

Published shortly after Burroughs' death, this is a non-essential collection of miscellany that has the unfortunate feel of a quickly assembled cash-in.

A must have for Burroughs fans. Burroughs & Sonic Youth fans alike will enjoy Lee Renaldos interview with Burroughs & Great photos from a visit with Bill at Home in Lawrence , Kansas. Put on the Dead City Radio Cd by William S. Burroughs as you flip thru the pages of this toad calling compendium and as you hit the last page replay Bills Thanksgiving Prayer.