Rub Out the Words edited by Bill Morgan
James Campbell on William Burroughs in London, pen in one hand, razor-blade in the otherWilliam Burroughs was so far out he practically wasn't here at all. "I hope I have made myself clear," he wrote to his friend and collaborator Brion Gysin in August...
Barney Rosset
Avant-garde publisher who challenged the Lady Chatterley banBarney Rosset, who has died aged 89, was the most influential avant-garde publisher of the 20th century. He was also one of the boldest, in his willingness to question the laws governing censo...
George Whitman obituary
Founder of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in ParisGeorge Whitman, who has died aged 98, was the proprietor of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, probably the world's most famous bookshop. He took the name from an equally celebrated establishment, ...
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
What does Penguin's new 'amplified edition' of On the Road for the iPad contribute to our appreciation of the novel?To read On the Road in one of its original formats – hardback or paperback – is to embark on an adventure of the imagination. As the...
Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor obituary
Highly regarded travel writer and heroic wartime SOE officerPatrick Leigh Fermor, who has died aged 96, was an intrepid traveller, a heroic soldier and a writer with a unique prose style. His books, most of which were autobiographical, made surprisingl...
George Solomos obituary
Editor of the literary journal Zero which he co-founded in Paris, where he became a social lion of the Left BankGeorge Solomos, who has died aged 85, was the co-founder and editor – under his pen name, Themistocles Hoetis – of the magazine Zero, th...
Edwin Morgan, 1920-2010
Scotland's national poet, he combined intellectual curiosity with emotional powerEdwin Morgan, who has died aged 90, was the last of a group of great Scottish poets, spanning two generations, sometimes referred to as "the seven poets". His colleagues w...
