Junky: The First Complete and Unexpugated Edition, Orginally Published as Junkie Under the Pen Name William Lee

William S. Burroughs (Author); Allen Ginsberg (Introduction)

ISBN 10: 0140043519 / ISBN 13: 9780140043518

Published by Pengiun Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, ENG, New York, et al., 1977

About this Item

158 pp. Great copy with clean text and solid binding. Very light shelf wear. pages are lightly toned but text is perfect and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # 3ivAa0041

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Junky: The First Complete and Unexpugated Edition, Orginally Published as Junkie Under the Pen Name William Lee
• Publisher: Pengiun Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, ENG, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140043519
• ISBN 13: 9780140043518
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Neil Stuart (Cover Design)
• Edition: Complete & Unexpugated Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana, American Art
  • Fiction-Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel
  • Biography, Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

"In this complete and unexpurgated edition of one of the most powerful books about drug addiction, William S. Burroughs depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly nocturnal wanderings, his strange sexuality, and his hunger for the needle. Following its hero from his Midwestern birthplace to New York, New Orleans, and Mexico City, Junky is a memorable and shocking demonstration of the junk equation: "Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life." -- from the back cover "One of the most compelling and brilliant challenges any contemporary writer has raised against the absurd jurisdiction of death." -- The Washington Post

About the Author

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)—guru of the Beat Generation, controversial éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of black humor satirists—had a range of influence rivaled by few post-World War II writers. His many books include Naked Lunch, Queer, Exterminator!, The Cat Inside, The Western Lands, and Interzone.