The second novel by the great William Burroughs, a writer who changed the face of alternative literature of the 20th century. A stunning and strange work in which the surreal talent, which first spoke loudly in Naked Lunch, reached fundamentally new heights. Nothing is sacred. Nothing is forbidden. In a world where poverty coexists with luxury, where power and might are more powerful drugs than alcohol, sex and heroin, everything is possible. William Burroughs, creator of worlds and realities, continues his journey through the hell that we ourselves have created - and called it paradise...