life and writing suggests a gay subjectivity which has been deeply troubling to many in the gay community. Film, TV or theatrical adaptations An Erling Wold opera of the same title, based on the novel, premiered in the U.S. in 2001. In 2011, Steve Buscemi was set to direct a film adaption of the book. The screenplay was written by Oren Moverman, director and writer of The Messenger. Steve led the first reading of Queer at the Sarasota Film Festival with Stanley Tucci, Ben Foster, John Ventimiglia, and Lisa Joyce. In December 2022, it was announced that Luca Guadagnino would be directing a film adaptation of the novel with Daniel Craig starring in the lead role. Notes Sources Queer: 25th Anniversary Edition. Edited by Oliver Harris. New York: Penguin, 2010. Jamie Russell: Queer Burroughs. Palgrave MacMillan, 2001, Ted Morgan: Literary Outlaw. New York: Avon, 1988 1950s LGBT novels 1985 American novels 1980s LGBT novels American LGBT novels Metafictional novels Novels by William S. Burroughs Novels set in Ecuador Novels set in Mexico City Novels with gay themes Viking Press books