An edition of Naked Lunch
(1959)
Naked Lunch (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
New Ed edition
by William S. Burroughs
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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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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, psychologicalPeople
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Naked Lunch (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
May 3, 2005, HarperPerennial
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Naked lunch: the restored text
2001, Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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0802140181 9780802140180
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| April 30, 2021 | Edited by AgentSapphire | Merge works |
| August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
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