And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks

I only found out about the memorably named And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks a couple of days ago - someone had pre-ordered it on Spike through Amazon. It’s a previously unpublished collaboration between William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. My interest faded almost as quickly as it was raised - this must be real bottom of the barrel stuff. Happily, Sam Jordison thought the same until he read it and wrote this review.