The Western Lands

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1987
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The final volume of a trilogy that also includes 1981 Cities of the Red Night and his 1983 The Place of Dead Roads. The title refers to the ancient Egyptian land of the dead west of the Nile. The novel, taking place in the past and the present includes the typical Burroughs’s dystopian themes. 

Published Date

1987

Publisher
Viking
Place Published
New York
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1987 Burroughs, William S[eward] (1914-97). The Western Lands. New York: Viking. PSt

The final volume of a trilogy that also includes 1981 Cities of the Red Night and his 1983 The Place of Dead Roads. The title refers to the ancient Egyptian land of the dead west of the Nile. The novel, taking place in the past and the present includes the typical Burroughs’s dystopian themes. See also 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1973, 1979, 1991 Burroughs.

Author Note

(1914-97)

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