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Tornado Alley (Special Signed Ed) by William S. Burroughs; illustrations by S. Clay Wilson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Tornado Alley (Special Signed Ed) about?

Tornado Alley is a collection of short stories and one poem by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, written during the later years of his career and first published in 1989. The first edition of the book included illustrations by S. Clay Wilson.Notable pieces in the collection include the poem "Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986" and the crime melodrama "Where He Was Going", both of which are read by Burroughs on his album Dead City Radio. According to Burroughs in his spoken introduction to "Where He Was Going" on the album, the latter was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" with the title a quotation from the earlier story. A music video for "Thanksgiving Day" was also produced to promote its inclusion on the album.The collection is dedicated to John Dillinger, "in hope that he is still alive". Burroughs recites this dedication at the start of his Dead City Radio recording of the "Thanksgiving Day" poem, retitled "A Thanksgiving Prayer" for the album.

Who reads Tornado Alley (Special Signed Ed)?

Author

William S. Burroughs; illustrations by S. Clay Wilson

Publisher

(Cherry Valley, N.Y.): Cherry Valley Editions

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780916156848

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Humanities