William S. Burroughs - Queer (First edition) - 1985

First edition. Viking, New York, 1985. Hardcover, 134 pp. Blue cloth binding is tanned at top and bottom edge, as dust jacket was trimmed short at publication. Otherwise in practically perfect condition. Dust jacket is lovely and bright, if a bit tanned all around.

Queer is a seminal work of gay literature. Burroughs locked this love‑sick confession away for decades, and since its publication it has gained more and more notoriety, perhaps reaching a peak with the Guadagnino's adaptation. A radical, far from perfect, portrayal of queer longing from a wounded, self-hating, disillusioned white American, living in a Mexico City that feels like a withdrawal fever dream.