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

By:

Burroughs, William S, 1914-1997

Contributor(s):

Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.)

Publication details: New York : Grove Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2012.Description: 197 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780802120427 (pbk.)
0802120423 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Junkie.

Subject(s):

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DDC classification:

813.54 B945j

LOC classification:

PS3552 .U75 J86 2012

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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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.