The Western Lands

TitleThe Western Lands
Year for Search1987
AuthorsBurroughs, William S[eward](1914-97)
Date Published1987
PublisherViking
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

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. 

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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.