{"product_id":"allen-ginsberg-william-s-burroughs-the-yage-letters","title":"Allen Ginsberg \u0026 William S. Burroughs: The Yage Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, 2008, softcover, 192 pages, 13 x 19.7 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Burroughs closed his classic debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJunky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called 'Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a drug that could be 'the final fix'. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Yage Letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - a mix of travel writing, satire, psychedelia and epistolary novel - he journeys through South America, writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug, using it to travel through time and space, to derange his senses - the perfect drug for the author of the wild decentred books that followed. Years later, Ginsberg writes back as he follows in Burroughs' footsteps, and the drug worse and more profound than he had imagined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60074165010816,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/51lUBdtM0ML._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1791544541","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/allen-ginsberg-william-s-burroughs-the-yage-letters","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}