Turkish Prosecutor Investigates William S. Burroughs Novel For Promoting Immorality

The investigation follows a report by the Prime Ministry’s Council for Protecting Minors from Explicit Publications that accuses Burroughs’s The Soft Machine of “incompliance with moral norms” and “hurting people’s moral feelings.” (Not to mention “lacking unity in its subject matter,” “incompliance with narrative unity,” and “the application of a fragmented narrative style.”)