Barry Miles is the author of many seminal books on popular culture, including the authorized biography of Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now; Ginsberg: A Biography; William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible; Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats; and The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1957-1963. He also co-edited the Revised Text Edition of Naked Lunch. Miles was born in Cirencester, England.
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Fifty years ago, Norman Mailer asserted, 'William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.' Few since have taken such literary risks, developed such individual political or spiritual ideas, or spanne... SEE MORE