An edition of Naked Lunch (1959)

Naked Lunch

The Restored Text

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Cover of: Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
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An edition of Naked Lunch (1959)

Naked Lunch

The Restored Text

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.78 ·
  • 18 Ratings
  • 169 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 27 Have read

Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed as a series of inter-connected adventures set in locations as diverse as the U.S. Mexico and Morocco sees the protagonist, Burroughs’ alter-ego William Lee on the run from the police and always searching for his next fix. Burroughs once stated that the chapters can be read in any order.

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Subjects
Drug Use, Heroin, Drug addicts, Recovering addicts, Fiction, Autobiography, Beat Generation, War on Drugs, English language, Alienation (Social psychology), Drug withdrawal symptoms, FICTION / LGBT / Gay, FICTION / Literary, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Pests, control, Playwriting, Drug abuse, Drama, technique, American literature, Fiction, humorous, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological
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William Lee
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United States, New Mexico, Mexico, Morocco, Tangier
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1950s

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Naked lunch
2014, Grove Press
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Dec 31, 2010, Fourth Estate
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Naked Lunch
Jul 19, 2009, London. Fourth Estate
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Naked lunch: the restored text
2001, Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English
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Naked lunch
1993, Flamingo
in English
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Naked lunch
1992, Grove Weidenfeld
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Naked lunch
1966, Grove Press
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Naked lunch.
1962, Grove Press
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Source title: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

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PS3552.U75

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OL31837837M
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0007341903
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