An edition of Junkie
(1953)
Junky
by William S. Burroughs and Oliver Harris
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A semi-autobiographical account, narrated in a matter-of-fact manner, of the author’s life as a drug addict. The story ranges from the backstreets of New York to a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kentucky, the bars of New Orleans and on to Mexico, recounting the difficulties of obtaining drugs, financial problems and homosexual encounters. Burroughs significantly stretched the boundaries of publishable material with his debut novel.
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Drug addicts, Heroin abuse, Fiction, Drug use, Homosexuals in Fiction, Biography, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Drug abuse, Fiction in English, Heroin, Drogenabhängigkeit, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drug addicts--fiction, Heroin abuse--fiction, Ps3552.u75 j86 2003, 813/.54Places
New York, New Orleans (La.), Kentucky, MexicoTimes
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Includes an introduction by Allen Ginsberg.
"The first complete and unexpurgated edition, originally published as Junkie under the pen name of William Lee." - t.p.
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