And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs & Jack Kerouac [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] grunge and a fierce compassion for

and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters

A transformation that sprang from "the book of secrets" the gaunt old butler had given him

or accept their new reality -- as well as the uncertain fate of the human race

Extremely rare 1951 Bantam printing with cover art by Edgard Cirlin

Are they healers- or hookers

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs & Jack Kerouac [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] grunge and a fierce compassion forAnd the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs & Jack Kerouac FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING [2008] GROVE PRESS Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Dust jacket is fully in tact with what appears to be some mild soiling [could just be the design] Housed in a protective brodart jacket. Book itself has tanning to pages but is otherwise excellent w gilded title on spine. On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William