{"product_id":"william-s-burroughs-vs-the-quran-paperback","title":"William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur'an - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his \"Anarcho-Sufi\" hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows disillusioned with his idol, Knight finds that his own books have led to American Muslim youths making a countercultural idol of him, placing him on the same pedestal that he had given Wilson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an attempt to forge his own path, Knight pledges himself to an Iranian Sufi order that Wilson had almost joined, attempts to write the Great American Queer Islamo-Futurist Novel, and even creates his own mosque in the wilderness of West Virginia. He also employs the \"cut-up\" writing method of Bey's friend, the late William S. Burroughs, to the Qur'an, subjecting Islam's holiest scripture to literary experimentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs vs. the Qur'an is the struggle of a hero-worshiper without heroes and the meeting of religious and artistic paths, the quest of a writer as spiritual seeker.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67959072653535,"sku":"9781593764159","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YW5u-LclQA9781593764159.webp?v=1791669130","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/william-s-burroughs-vs-the-quran-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}