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AND THE HIPPOS WERE BOILED IN THEIR TANKS

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by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac (1945 / 2008)

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A group of friends live in wartime New York and spend their time hanging out together. They take drugs, share food and drink, swap stories, dream of success, and occasionally get intimate. But then one night a friend turns up at the door to say he has stabbed another friend. He is panicking and has not been to the police. What would you do? Written in alternate chapters by the two authors. Predates the rather famous works of each author. Fiction and Non-fiction. 214 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: And the hippos were boiled in their tanks

Year: 1945 (composed) / 2008 (first published)

Author: William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac

Pages: 214

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Book review by Keith Salter