You Can't Win
★ 4.0 avg
14 votes
About this book
William Burroughs, at the age of 13, was inspired by this book, as he mentions in a preface to Naked Lunch. You Can't Win is a memoir that explodes our ideas about the supposedly lawful past; Jack was a drifter, robber, junkie, and hustler that survived from the frontier times til the depression era...apparently. He became a librarian of sorts, wrote his memoir, and then vanished...
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 14 readers · 412 pages · ≈ 7 h 38 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read You Can't Win?
About ≈ 7 h 38 m — 412 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is You Can't Win?
412 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is You Can't Win?
It sits on the Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is You Can't Win in the public domain?
Yes — it is free to read and share.
Who wrote You Can't Win?
Jack Black.
Where can I read You Can't Win online for free?
It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library