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message 1: by Drace (last edited Jul 17, 2025 07:26PM) (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7743 comments There are two ACEs that need to be created for UK editions of the book Queer by William S. Burroughs.

1. UK Kindle

Old edition: Queer (ASIN B008R96MPS)

The ACE needs to be created with the following information:

TITLE: Queer
AUTHOR: William S. Burroughs
EDITOR: Oliver Harris (there’s more than one Oliver Harris, so please make sure it’s the correct one: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)
ASIN: B008R96MPS
PUBLISHER: Penguin
DATE PUBLISHED: 2024 (can’t find a more specific date because of how major publishers usually handle ACEs, but the movie adaptation that’s used for the cover came out in 2024)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 166
FORMAT: Kindle
DESCRIPTION:

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.

EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8... // https://amzn.eu/d/5ojIyFH

As a note, on Amazon this edition is labeled “25th Anniversary Edition” because that’s when it was first published, but this new ACE is from long after the 25th anniversary. I personally think that means it shouldn’t be labeled as the 25th anniversary edition in the Editions field, but Librarians would know better than me.

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2. UK Ebook

Old edition: Queer (ISBN 9780141975665)

The ACE needs to be created with the following information:

TITLE: Queer
AUTHOR: William S. Burroughs
EDITOR: Oliver Harris (there’s more than one Oliver Harris, so please make sure it’s the correct one: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)
ISBN-10: 0141975660
ISBN-13: 9780141975665
ASIN: 0141975660
PUBLISHER: Penguin
DATE PUBLISHED: 2024 (can’t find a more specific date because of how major publishers usually handle ACEs, but the movie adaptation that’s used for the cover came out in 2024)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 208
FORMAT: Ebook
DESCRIPTION:

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.

EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://www.penguin.co.uk/_next/image... // https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57617...


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Drace (dracenines) | 7743 comments One week bump.


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Drace (dracenines) | 7743 comments Thank you!


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