An edition of Junky (2012)

Junky

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An edition of Junky (2012)

Junky

the definitive text of Junk

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In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the underworld of post-war America. The Burroughs-like protagonist of the novel, Bill Lee, see-saws between periods of addiction and rehab, using a panoply of substances including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, paregoric (a weak tincture of opium) and goof balls (barbiturate), amongst others.

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Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
Language
English
Pages
197

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Subjects

Drug addicts, Heroin abuse, Fiction, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, psychological
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Cover of: Junky
Junky: the definitive text of Junk
2012, Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Editor's introduction -- Prologue -- Junky -- Glossary -- Appendices -- 1.
Chapter 28 of the original "Junk" manuscript -- -- 2.
"Introduction" to the original "Junk" manuscript -- -- 3.
Letter from William Burroughs to A.A. Wyn [1959] -- -- 4.
"Junkie : an appreciation" (1952) / by -- Allen Ginsberg -- 5.
Carl Solomon's publisher's note in Junkie (1953) -- -- 6.
Foreword to Junkie (1964) / by -- Carl Solomon -- 7.
Introduction to Junky (1977) / by-- Allen Ginsberg-- Notes.

Edition Notes

Imprint date taken from page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

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New York, [Berkeley, Calif.]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54 B945j
Library of Congress
PS3552.U75 J86 2012,

The Physical Object

Pagination
197 pages
Number of pages
197

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27790780M
Internet Archive
junkydefinitivet0000burr
ISBN 10
0802120423
ISBN 13
9780802120427
OCLC/WorldCat
781678757

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Marygrove College MARC record
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