'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life'William Burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the Beats and author of Naked Lunch, relates with unflinching realism the addict's life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again.
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CONTRIBUTORS: William S. Burroughs
EAN: 9780241956786
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 83 g
HEIGHT: 181 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-04-05
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GENRE: FICTION / Literary
WIDTH: 111 cm
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Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Reads today as fresh and unvarnished as it ever has, As vital and visceral as ever
William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded and The Soft Machine. After living in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris, and London, Burroughs finally returned to America in 1974. He died in 1997.
