William Burroughs, by Royal Appointment

Nobody better embodied the maxim that the true subversive always travels in disguise than William Burroughs. Transgressive novelist, junkie, homosexual, erratic marksman, Burroughs was invariably to be found dressed in a suit, tie and an expression of lugubrious inscrutability. The notable exception to this was during his sojourn in Morocco, when Burroughs blended in by wearing a djellaba, invariably with the hood drawn over his head, earning him the name among the local boys...

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