Iain Sinclair's "American Smoke" (2013/2014)
New York City: Faber and Faber Inc. (book, travel), 2014.
9.25" x 6.5" x 1.125", 309 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-86547-867-1.
American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Night, A Fiction of Memory by Iain Sinclair, as published in a first US hardcover edition by Faber and Faber, Inc. (New York City) in 2014, following a 2013 UK edition by Hamish Hamilton. Book jacket design by Nathan Burton. The rear panel photograph of the author is by Joy Gordon.
This book has several mentions of William S. Burroughs, at pages 31, 59, 115, 118, 125, 126, 130, 145, 149, 151, 152–153, 155, 156–161, 162–170, 187, 195, 196–197, 203, 206, 210–211, 276–277, and 302.
A photograph of William S. Burroughs [which I assume is by Sinclair] introduces the section "Smoke," at page 109. Another photograph of Iain Sinclair with Burroughs and an unidentified man (face obscured) appears on page 167.
The chapters "Burroughs over Kansas," pp. 152–161, and "Dream Science," pp. 162–176, are predominantly about visiting Burroughs in Kansas.
Contents:
- "Ocean":
- "Two Men Smoking"
- "Frozen Air"
- "Lowell"
- "John Sampas"
- "The Party"
- "Dogtown"
- "Fire":
- "There's No Home"
- "Oscar"
- "Vulcano"
- "Smoke":
- "Kodak Mantra Diaries"
- "New York"
- "The Trespasser"
- "Corso"
- "Burroughs over Kansas"
- "Dream Science"
- "Mountain":
- "Ripe"
- "Vancouver"
- "Dollarton"
- "Seattle"
- "Forks"
- "Kitkitdizze"
- "Burbland"
- "Berkeley"
- "Hollywood"
- "Ash":
- "American Ground"
- Acknowledgments











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