Exterminator
by Burroughs, William S. (Author)Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1985-11-01
Publisher(s): Penguin (Non-Classics)
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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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