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Language English Pages 184 pp Dewey Decimal 813/.5/4 Country United States of America | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date 1971 ISBN 0-394-47586-0 Originally published 1971 Publisher Grove Press OCLC 222299 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Genres Novel, Speculative fiction Similar William S Burroughs books, Novels, Classical Studies books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead is a novel by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs. It was first published in 1971 by Grove Press. It depicts a homosexual youth movement whose objective is the downfall of western civilization, set in an apocalyptic late twentieth century.
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Film adaptation proposals
In 1972, Burroughs wrote a screenplay based on the novel, with the intent of having it produced as a low-budget hardcore pornographic film, and entered into negotiations with gay porn producer Fred Halsted before abandoning the idea at the end of 1972.
Russell Mulcahy wanted to direct a film adaptation, and talked to Duran Duran about writing the soundtrack, but the project never came to fruition. Nonetheless, the novel inspired the Duran Duran song "The Wild Boys".