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

Naked lunch

1st evergreen ed.

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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Grove Weidenfeld
Language
English
Pages
255

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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
People
William Lee
Places
United States, New Mexico, Mexico, Morocco, Tangier
Times
1950s

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Naked lunch
2014, Grove Press
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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
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Naked lunch
1993, Flamingo
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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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New York

Edition Notes

Originally published: Paris : Olympia Press, 1959.

Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3552.U75 N3 1991, PS3552.U75N3 1991

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 255 p. ;
Number of pages
255

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1543946M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780802132956
ISBN 10
0802132952
LCCN
91022972
Library Thing
5852
Goodreads
563798

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