"Voyage to Destruction" (2022)

June 06, 2026

"Voyage to Destruction" (2022)

New York City: Spuyten Duyvil (book, letters), 2022.
9" x 6" x 1", 352 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-1-956005-09-7.

Voyage to Destruction: The Moroccan Letters of Alfred Chester, as edited and introduced by Edward Field and published as a softcover edition by Spuyten Duyvil (New York City) in 2022. This is a compilation of author Alfred Chester's letters between 11 July 1963 and 5 June 1970.

This contains multiple references to William S. Burroughs, another resident of Tangier at the time Alfred Chester was there. Burroughs is mentioned on pages:

xix–xx [at the introduction]
xxvi [introduction]
9 [20 July 1963]
13 [22 July 1963]
35 [27 November 1963]
50 [20 January 1964]
77 [20 February 1964]
85 [28 February 1964]
87–88 [28 February 1964]
96 [10 March 1964]
99 [17 March 1964]
121 [7 April 1964]
130–131 [20 April 1964]
132 [20 April 1964]
134 [20 April 1964]
137–138 [22 April 1964]
143–147 [3 May 1964]
148 [4 May 1964]
153 [May 1964]
157–158 [22 May 1964]
180 [8 June 1964]
183 [13 June 1964]
209 [11 September 1964]
223 [17 November 1964]
229 [25 November 1964]
231 [30 November 1964]
233 [30 November 1964]
262 [2 March 1965]
273 [30 March 1965]
306 [18 July 1965]

Contents:

Edward Field: Introduction
Eden:

Alfred Chester: letters:

to Harriet Sohmers, 11 July 1963
to Edward Field, 11 July 1963
to Harriet Sohmers, 20 July 1963
to Dennis Selby, 22 July 1963
to Harriet Sohmers, Summer 1963
to Edward Field, 14 August 1963
to Dennis Selby, 15 August 1963
to Edward Field, 3 September 1963
to Dennis Selby, September 1963
to Harriet Sohmers, 23 September 1963
to Edward Field, 2 October 1963
to Harriet Sohmers, 10 October 1963
to Dennis Selby, 18 October 1963
to Harriet Zwerling, 24 October 1963
to Dennis Selby, 1 November 1963
to Harriet Zwerling, 22 November 1963
to Edward Field, 27 November 1963
to Harriet Zwerling, 29 November 1963
to Dennis Selby, 1 December 1963
to Edward Field, 20 December 1963
to Edward Field, 9 January 1964
to Edward Field, 20 January 1964
to Dennis Selby, 26 January 1964
to Edward Field, 29 January 1964
to Harriet Zwerling, 1 February 1964
to Dennis Selby, 3 February 1964
to Norman Glass, 5 February 1964
to Edward Field, 7 February 1964
to Norman Glass, 7 February 1964
to Edward Field, 19 February 1964
to Norman Glass, 20 February 1964

The Mistake:

Alfred Chester: letters:

to Edward Field, 25 February 1964
to Edward Field, 28 February 1964
to Norman Glass, 28 February 1964
to Edward Field, 29 February 1964
to Norman Glass, 1 March 1964
to Edward Field, 3 March 1964
to Edward Field, 4 March 1964
to Edward Field, 6 March 1964
to Edward Field, 10 March 1964
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, 14 March 1964
to Norman Glass, 17 March 1964
to Edward Field, 18 March 1964
to Edward Field, 22 March 1964
to Edward Field, 25 March 1964
to Edward Field, 4 April 1964
to Edward Field, 7 April 1964
to Harriet Zwerling, 7 April 1964
to Edward Field, 9 April 1964
to Dennis Selby, 13 April 1964
to Edward Field, 17 April 1964
to Edward Field, 20 April 1964
to Norman Glass, 20 April 1964
to Edward Field, 22 April 1964
to Edward Field, 25 April 1964
to Norman Glass, 3 May 1964
to Edward Field, 4 May 1964
to Edward Field, 6 May 1964
to Edward Field, 18 May 1964
to Edward Field, May 1964
to Norman Glass, 22 May 1964
to Edward Field, 29 May 1964
to Norman Glass, 2 June 1964
to Edward Field, 3 June 1964
to Edward Field, 8 June 1964
to Norman Glass, 13 June 1964
to Edward Field, 23 June 1964
to Edward Field, 28 June 1964
to Edward Field, 15 July 1964
to Edward Field, 26 July 1964
to Edward Field, August 1964
to Edward Field, 6 August 1964
to Paul Bowles, 14 August 1964
to Edward Field, 11 September 1964
to Edward Field, 29 September 1964
to Edward Field, 4 October 1964
to Edward Field, 7 October 1964
to Edward Field, 25 October 1964
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, 17 November 1964
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, [November] 1964
to Harriet Zwerling, 23 November 1964
to Edward Field, 25 November 1964
to Edward Field, 30 November 1964
to Edward Field, 17 December 1964
to James Broughton, 19 December 1964
to Edward Field, 21 December 1964
to Norman Glass, 3 January 1965
to Norman Glass, [1965]
to Edward Field, 6 January 1965
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, 22 January 1965
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, 5 February 1965
to Edward Field, 16 February 1965
to Edward Field, 2 March 1965
to Edward Field, [1965]
to Edward Field, 5 March 1965
to Edward Field, 19 March 1965
to Norman Glass, 30 March 1965
to Edward Field, 2 April 1965
to Edward Field, 14 April 1965
to Edward Field, 27 April 1965
to Edward Field, 4 May 1965
to Edward Field, 5 May 1965
to Norman Glass, 22 May 1965
to Norman Glass, 3 June 1965
to Norman Glass, 13 June 1965
to Edward Field and Neil Derrick, 16 June 1965
to Edward Field, 2 July 1965
to Edward Field, 18 July 1965
to Norman Field, 2 August 1965

The Visit:

Alfred Chester: letters:

to Edward Field, 5 August 1965
to Edward Field, 18 August 1965
to Edward Field, 16 September 1965
to Edward Field, 17 September 1965
to Norman Glass, 23 September 1965
to Edward Field, 27 September 1965
to Edward Field, 6 October 1965
to Norman Glass, 8 October 1965
to Edward Field, 20 October 1965
to Nadia Gould, 28 October 1965
to Edward Field, 6 November 1965
to Harriet Zwerling, 7 November 1965
to Paul Bowles, December 1965

Madness:

Edward Field: "Alfred returned to New York..."
Alfred Chester: letters:

to Paul Bowles, 8 February 1966
to Paul Bowles, 1 March 1966
to Paul Bowles, 5 March 1966
to Norman Glass, 28 July 196?
to Edward Field, 12 February 1967
to Paul Bowles, 8 September 1967
to Paul Bowles, 5 February 1968
to Paul Bowles, 17 May 1968
to Paul Bowles, 5 June 1968
to Mhand, 12 June 1968
to Paul Bowles, 19 July 1968
to Paul Bowles, 3 November 1968
to Paul Bales, 25 November 1968
to Paul Bowles, 26 June 1969
to Paul Bowles, 20 August 1969
to Paul Bowles, 20 May 1970
to Paul Bowles, 5 June 1970

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