Dead Fingers Talk 2739218 222548790 2008-06-29T22:57:23Z 85.227.156.55 {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Dead Fingers Talk | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:DeadFingersBook.jpg|200px]] | image_caption = 1963 British hardcover edition. | author = [[William S. Burroughs]] | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = [[Calder]] | release_date = 1963 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]]) | pages = | isbn = NA <!-- first published before ISBN system started --> | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} :''For the band named after this novel, see [[Dead Fingers Talk (band)]].'' '''''Dead Fingers Talk''''', first published in 1963, was the fifth novel published by [[Beat Generation]] author [[William S. Burroughs]]. The book was originally published by [[Olympia Press]]. The book combines sections from Burroughs' earlier novels, ''[[Naked Lunch]]'', ''[[The Soft Machine]]'' and ''[[The Ticket That Exploded]]'', along with new material, in an attempt to create a new narrative. It is sometimes referred to as a compilation, but this is technically incorrect. Its plot cannot be easily described. ''Dead Fingers Talk'', like many of Burroughs' works, was controversial upon its release. It was the subject of a scathing review in the ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]'' that resulted in a war of words between supporters and detractors of the novel (and Burroughs in general) that played out in the magazine's letters page for months. The book itself is considered one of the rarer of Burroughs' novels, and despite some reprints in the 1970s, has otherwise been out of print for years. ==Trivia== *The band [[Dead Fingers Talk (band)|Dead Fingers Talk]] takes its name from this book. *The video game [[Shadow Hearts: From The New World]] has a battle theme called "Dead Fingers Talk." ==External links== * [http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic_bunker/dead_fingers_talk Collecting Dead Fingers Talk] Article discussing the collectibility of Dead Fingers Talk * [http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/kerkhoff/beatgeneration/BurroughsArchives.htm Website] discussing Burroughs. work and the reaction to ''Dead Fingers Talk''. {{William S. Burroughs}} [[Category:1963 novels]] [[Category:Novels by William S. Burroughs]] {{1960s-novel-stub}} [[ru:Разговор мёртвых пальцев]]