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After his shocking encounter with God on the road to Damascus

William S. Burroughs: A Life Houses & Hotels change their lives radically andWilliam S. Burroughs A Life follows Burroughs from his Midwestern origins in St Louis; to his foray into the pre war Harvard gay scene; communal living that gave birth to the Beat movement at Columbia University; expatriate culture in Mexico City, Peru and Tangier; The Beat Hotel in Paris; and the punk scene in 1970's London, all while battling and balancing addiction. Barry Miles presents the first full lenght biography of Burroughs to be published