Round 8: Tossup 20

An interview about this novel spawned its author’s claim that “anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.” In this novel, the subject of John Willett’s review “Ugh…”, a man with a baboon assistant named Violet abolishes torture to achieve “Total Demoralization.” This novel shifts style for a chapter in which the narrator finds that he has been “occluded (-5[1])from space-time” after he shoots the policemen Hauer and O’Brien. (10[1]-5[1])This novel, (-5[1])whose (-5[1])“Deposition: (10[1]-5[1])Testimony Concerning a Sickness” refutes charges of immorality, describes a steam-powered dildo (10[1])called the Steely Dan. (10[3])This novel’s hellish (10[1])middle chapters (10[1])depict a city (10[1])where Liquefactionists compete with (10[1])Senders, residents eat the “Black Meat” (10[1])of centipedes, (-5[1])and Dr. (10[1])Benway (10[1])works for Islam Incorporated. For 10 points, addicts wander Interzone in what surreal novel (10[1])by William S. Burroughs? ■END■ (10[5])

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