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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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United States, New Mexico, Mexico, Morocco, TangierTimes
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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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The naked lunch.
1964, Calder & Boyars in association with Olympia Press
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Originally published, Paris, Olympia Press, 1959.
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