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The Soft Machine

William S. Burroughs (1961)

SubgenreMagical Realism
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingX
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesNova Trilogy #1
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.43

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

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Protagonist archetypes

AntiheroMultiple POVs

Synopsis

In Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs revealed his genius. In The Soft Machine he begins an adventure that will take us even further into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.

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Experimental FictionBeat LiteraturePostmodernAvant-GardeLiterary Fiction