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The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script

by William S. Burroughs
₱1,020.15 ₱638.55 37% off
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script - Thryft
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script - Thryft

Gangster's delirious deathbed ramblings turned screenplay.

If you're attracted to the unconventional, this book, styled as a film script, dives deep into the surreal final moments of a notorious gangster. Burroughs plays with language and reality, crafting an experience more than a narrative. It's a unique literary piece that offers a vivid, fragmented glimpse into a dying man's mind – thought-provoking and darkly poetic.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script

by William S. Burroughs
₱1,020.15 ₱638.55 37% off
ISBN: 9780714540290
Authors: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: John Calder
Date of Publication: 1986-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.65
(rated by 396 readers)

Description

Before he was gunned down in the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey, in October 1935, Arthur Flegenheimer, alias Dutch Schultz, was generally considered New York's Number One racketeer. Taken to a hospital following the gangland shooting, he survived for two days. His room was guarded around the clock, and a police stenographer was stationed at his bedside in the hope of learning who his assailant or assailants were. Instead, what was recorded were Dutch's fevered fantasies, stemming from his childhood and youth, as well as his recent past. Taking these "last words" as his starting point, Burroughs has created his own fantasy of Dutch Schultz, casting his fiction in the form of a film script.
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Gangster's delirious deathbed ramblings turned screenplay.

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