Junky: The Definitive Text of Junk
Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.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. For this definitive edition, renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris ha…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8021-2042-7
- EAN: 9780802120427
- Produktnummer: 19404808
- Verlag: Grove Atlantic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 197 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.0 cm 271 g
- Gewicht: 271
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