Bibliograph

Junky, the definitive text of Junk, William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris

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Junky, the definitive text of Junk, William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Junky

Oclc number

781678757

Responsibility statement

William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris

Sub title

the definitive text of Junk

Summary

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

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Junkie

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