"A sermon blast of language. . . . Burroughs is the Martin Luther of hipsterism, welding his decree on the silicon doors of the solar system."–
Newsweek "Hypnotic . . . outrageous. [Burroughs] can think of the wildest parodies of erotic exuberance and invent the weirdest places for demonstrating them." –
Harper's "Burroughs is first and foremost a poet. His attunement to contemporary language is probably unequalled in American writing. Anyone with a feeling for English phrase at its most balanced, concise, and arresting, cannot fail to see this excellence."–Terry Southern
"Burroughs writes with a beauty and efficiency unmatched by any living writer."–
Chicago Sun-Times "Macabre, funny, reverberant, grotesque."–
The New York Review of Books
