{"product_id":"william-s-burroughs-and-the-cult-of-rock-n-roll-casey-rae","title":"William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll - Casey Rae","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasey Rae\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e'If you simply follow Burroughs through the rock 'n' roll years you'll see him achieve a flickering ubiquity - lurking here, eavesdropping there, photobombing the whole parade. It becomes a kind of alternative history' NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eReissued with a new Foreword as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series, \u003ci\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'n' Roll \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a man Patti Smith described as 'up there with the pope' through the prism of his impact on pop music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music's counterculture has been less well documented - until now. Examining how one of America's most controversial literary figures altered the destinies of many notable and varied musicians, \u003ci\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the transformations in music history that followed in his wake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e'Casey Rae's book is a labour of love that offers a map to understanding Burroughs' complex relationship to music and other art forms' CHRIS STEIN, co-founder of BLONDIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casey Rae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67800218763512,"sku":"BK13513","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/7403\/files\/williamsburroughs.jpg?v=1792967969","url":"https:\/\/happyvalleyshop.com\/products\/william-s-burroughs-and-the-cult-of-rock-n-roll-casey-rae","provider":"Happy Valley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}