19 MAY 1984, page 30

The Cut-up Cowboy

Lewis Jones The Place of Dead Roads William S. Burroughs (John Calder £9.95) W illiam Burroughs was born in 1914 (the year civilisation ended, so they say) and came to literary......

Lucky To Get Paid

Peter Ackroyd Authors by Profession Victor Bonham Carter (The Godley Head £12.50) T his is a history of 'the business of writing in Britain', and as such can be recommended to......