An edition of Naked Lunch (1959)

Naked lunch.

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An edition of Naked Lunch (1959)

Naked lunch.

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (19 ratings) ·
  • 197 Want to read
  • 13 Currently reading
  • 28 Have read

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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Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
255

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Subjects

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, psychological

People

William Lee

Places

United States, New Mexico, Mexico, Morocco, Tangier

Times

1950s

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Naked lunch
2014, Grove Press
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Naked Lunch
Jul 19, 2009, London. Fourth Estate
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Naked lunch: the restored text
2001, Grove Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English
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Naked lunch
1993, Flamingo
in English
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Naked lunch
1992, Grove Weidenfeld
in English - 1st evergreen ed.
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Naked lunch
1966, Grove Press
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Naked lunch.
1962, Grove Press
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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ4.B972 Nak2, PS3552.U75 Nak2

The Physical Object

Pagination
255 p.
Number of pages
255

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5798389M
Internet Archive
nakedluh00burr
LCCN
60011097
Library Thing
5852

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