The story "Exterminator" within the book is magnificent. | Exterminator!

My first Burroughs book | Exterminator! | William S. Burroughs

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	• Exterminator! William S. Burroughs Penguin (Non-Classics), 1974 average customer review:based on 17 reviews
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Revolutionary

Very intense and for sure experimental,This is a work of literary art.Exterminator comes from a new dimension of literary genius.It is bold,daring and to put it mildly, "Revolutionary" in tone,style,and method.This novel could only come to fruition from a literary giant. ps.This is an acquired taste to read...

The story "Exterminator" within the book is magnificent.

The story within the book, "Exterminator", caused shifts in my consciousness that have not been rivalled to this day. It moved me from one world of thought to another imperceptibly and then back again, almost before I realized any change had occurred at all. Kinda like the channels being changed on a tv, but the thread of the story is continuous throughout, even as the channels are changing! The odd thing is you don't realize you've been "watching" another channel until the set has been switched back to the original! All via the genius of William S. Burroughs.

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My first Burroughs book

I found this in the library at about age 15 or 16.
Looking at it a certain way, I was lucky - some boys
my age read "The Fountainhead" or "Atlas Shrugged",
and have their minds destroyed. I read "Exterminator!"
and had my mind - well, altered in strange ways.

To give an idea of how sheltered I was, there's a scene
where a teenage boy is described as having a 'hardon'.
I did not know what that meant, and could not figure it
out by context.

This is a strange book, not one of WSB's best, but defintely
worth a look if you like this sort of thing.

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