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.
The naked lunch.
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William S. Burroughs: The naked lunch. (1959, Olympia Press)
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225 pages
English language
Published Dec. 14, 1959 by Olympia Press.
Subjects
- Drug addicts -- Fiction.
- Recovering addicts -- Fiction.
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
- Drug withdrawal symptoms -- Fiction.