Description
While William S. Burroughs became one of the defining literary voices of the Beat Generation, his son followed a far more painful path. Raised amid instability, addiction, and the complicated legacy of a famous father, William S. Burroughs Jr. turned his own experiences into literature. Kentucky Ham emerged in 1973 as a startlingly candid memoir, chronicling drug dependency, institutionalization, illness, and survival with a directness that distinguished it from the more experimental work associated with the Burroughs name.
Today, Kentucky Ham occupies a unique place in Beat and counterculture collecting. It stands both as an important addiction memoir and as a rare glimpse into the next generation of the Burroughs family story. First editions in collectible dust jackets remain highly desirable, particularly among collectors of Beat Generation literature, Burroughs family material, and counterculture memoirs.
A sharp first edition of one of the most overlooked and human books connected to the Burroughs legacy.
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