For over seven years, William Burrill has been baring his soul (and any other damn thing he wants) in his "Naked Eye" column in Toronto's eye weekly. It's been a rocky road, seeing the world through Bill's bloodshot eyes. The bumpy night usually starts in the late afternoon in some bar and ends -- well, who can remember? Now in Naked eye, Burrill finally has chance to remember in this collection of very personal rants, ruminations and observations.Burrill's been everywhere, from Las Vegas (where he lost it at the casino) to Mexico (where he was simply lost for a while) and lived to tell at least some of his adventures along the way.Without fear, but often with a fair amount of loathing, he takes on the latest government policies (he has run for mayor of Toronto three times); life as a private Fairy Tale Detective (Humpty didn't fall, he was pushed), and religions both organized (If Jesus played Caesar's Palace) and disorganized (How to be a Zen Stooge-Master).He's stared back at Death (actually it was a killer migraine), followed Hemingway's trail to Cuba, and made thousands of readers laugh (or become really pissed off). Bill Burrill is funny, irreverent, charismatic and insightful. He is also dangerous, not only to himself, but also to those around him. BEWARE.

Just who is this William Burrill? Some say he's the celebrated author of Naked Lunch, a reclusive heroin addict whose radical style revolutionized the way fiction is written. But he's not — that's William Burroughs. William Burrill is the secret love-child of Dave Barry and P.J. O`Rourke, with all the subtleties of Hunter S. Thompson. He is funny, irreverent, charismatic and insightful. He is also dangerous, not only to himself, but also to those around him. BEWARE. Burrill has led a Hemingwayesque life of booze, women, and words in self-imposed exile in Mexico, and has run for mayor of Toronto — three times unsuccessfully. He has been a journalist, a broadcaster, a government propaganda hack, and a night-shift factory drone, but has achieved the most fame and notoriety with his column called "Naked Eye" in Toronto's eye Weekly. He is William Burrill, the man, the myth, the other legend.

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"Anyone who thinks Canadians aren't funny ... has probably been to Canada. There are exceptions, however. (The former Mrs. Pierre Trudeau comes to mind.) But some Canadians are even funny on purpose. William Burrill is incredibly funny, so funny that description fails me. Burrill is funnier than his haircut." -- P.J. O'Rourke"Outrageous, irreverent and extremely funny, Burrill gleefully oversteps the line of good taste and political correctness in much the same way that Lenny Bruce did 30 years ago." -- Fast Forward Magazine