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Naked lunch
William S. Burroughs
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An edition of ↪ /works/OL483571W (1959)

Naked lunch

the restored text

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.78 ·
  • 18 Ratings
  • 169 Want to read
  • 11 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 Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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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2001, Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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Naked lunch
1993, Flamingo
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1992, Grove Weidenfeld
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Naked lunch
1966, Grove Press
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1962, Grove Press
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New York, [Berkeley, Calif.]

Edition Notes

"Includes many editorial corrections to errors present in previous editions, and incorporates Burrough's notes on the text, several essays he wrote over the years about the book, and an appendix of 20 percent new material and alternate drafts from the original manuscript, which predates the first published version"--P. [4] of cover.

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Genre
Fiction.

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Pagination
vii, 289 p. ;
Number of pages
289

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Open Library
OL23065713M
ISBN 10
0802140181
LCCN
2001023190
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5852
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7437

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