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Junky by William S. Burroughs, Will Self

ISBN: 9780141187006
Release Date: 07 Mar 2002
Average rating: (read by 46 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

'Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' In this complete and unexpurgated edition of Burroughs' famous book, he depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly noctural wanderings, his strange sexuality and his hunger for the needle. "Junky" remains one of the most accurate and mesmerising account of addiction ever written.

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	singerman
	Rated it 6 months ago

Interesting and personal work on heroin addiction. Very intelligent but his conclusions are dubious at times.

	nineteenineteen
	Rated it 6 months ago

Burroughs' most accessible, but by no means worst, book captures some of his early adventures with heroin, petty crime, guns, and society's misfits.

	gizzmose10
	Rated it 8 months ago

One of Burroughs' easier reads is a punchy and gripping piece of beat writing about Bull Lee's addiction

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