Junky : the definitive text of Junk / William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris.
Publication details: New York : Grove Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2012.Description: 197 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780802120427 (pbk.)
- 0802120423 (pbk.)
- Junkie.
- 813.54 B945j
- PS3552 .U75 J86 2012
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | PS3552 .U75 J86 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 33039001205912 |
Imprint date taken from page 4 of cover.
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.