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Ian Sommerville is primarily known through his association with William S. Burroughs's circle of Beat Generation figures, and lived at Paris's so-called "Beat Hotel" by 1960, when they were regulars there, becoming Burroughs's lover and "systems adviser".
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[In 1965] Back at Mason's Yard, Ian Sommerville, William Burroughs's ex-boyfriend and collaborator on his books Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded, was installing a ring main for the lighting and power. Meticulous to the point of mania, he carefully sanded the battening, then painted it red, white and blue before attaching it to the wall beneath the shelves where it would not, in any case, be seen. It was several days before Ian appeared with any actual electrical wire.
