Mc Neill, Malcolm (Burroughs, William S.)

Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs, Ah Pook, and Me

ISBN: 9781606995617
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. "The saga of how (William S. Burroughs and Malcolm Mc Neill) began working together, how they embarked upon a quixotic quest to create a "word/image novel" the likes of which the world had never seen...their struggle to bring it to the public ultimately collapsed in dashed hopes and broken dreams is the stuff of legend...(a) complimentary volume to The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here...this book...reveals the starts and stops, the ups and downs, the cheers and tears, as they struggled to achieve their singular shared vision of the great graphic novel that never was!"(from back cover) This is the stated first printing (August 2012) of Mc Neill's own story of his long friendship & collaborations with WSB, centering on their attempt to fulfill their vision of Ah Pook Is Here. This work, along with its companion The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here & WSB's earlier, separately published text, are together as close as we can come to experiencing their vision. A fine production in glossy pictorial boards. Book itself in as-new condition, sticker with text, bar code & publisher's logo affixed across lower back cover slightly rubbed, scratched, soiled, chipped at bottom probably as issued. As New. [Item #1842]

Price: $60.00