Duncan Fallowell

William S. Burroughs was a writer – not a painter, prophet, philosopher

Barry Miles's biography is in danger of overemphasising Borroughs as a scientist and a shaman, diminishing both the novelist and literature

Sting, William Burroughs and Andy Summers Photo: Getty
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  • William S. Burroughs: A Life

    Barry Miles

    Weidenfeld, pp. 718

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