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The Soft Machine: The Restored Text - Penguin Modern Classics
William S. Burroughs
Draws the reader into an unmappable textual space, where nothing is true and everything is permitted, to make a total assault on the colonising powers of planet earth that have turned us all into machines.
336 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 22, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780141189789 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 198 × 130 × 20 mm · 252 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Harris, Oliver |
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