An edition of Naked Lunch (1959)

Naked lunch

1st Grove Press pbk. ed.

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

Naked lunch

1st Grove Press pbk. ed.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.74 ·
  • 19 Ratings
  • 193 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 28 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 Press
Language
English
Pages
289

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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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2014, Grove Press
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Naked Lunch
Jul 19, 2009, London. Fourth Estate
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Naked lunch
2002, Grove Press
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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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Reprint. Originally published: c2001.

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Library of Congress
PS3552.U75 N3 2002

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Pagination
vii, 289 p. ;
Number of pages
289

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OL22365793M
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0802140181
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5852
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Q125997521
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7437

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