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Burroughs did, in fact, start using heroin in 1944 and within a year, he was an addict. Read junky the definitive text of junk by william s. Burroughs broke into the literary scene with junky sometimes also called junkie, a candid, semiautobiographical account of an unredeemed drug addict. 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 postwar america. Burroughs reads his first novel, junky open culture.
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The definitive text of junk kindle edition by burroughs, william s download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Burroughs last words collection, in processing 10 bound volumes and 2 boxes, are held at the kenneth spencer research library, university of kansas. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym william lee in 1953. Burroughs first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. The author never really managed to break free from his addiction and despite. Confessions of an unredeemed drug addict is a novel by american beat generation. Burroughs chose to use the pseudonym william lee, lee being his mothers maiden name, for the writing credit. Confessions of an unredeemed drug addict and authored pseudonymously by william lee burroughs mothers maiden name he didnt look too far for a nom.
It is a way of life william burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the beats and author of naked lunch, relates with unflinching realism the addicts life. Burroughs broke into the literary scene with junky. Aug 07, 2012 if youre a fan of william burroughs work, a complete reading of junkie, by william burroughs himself, has recently appeared online, for free. Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Queer, although not devoted to that quest, does include a trip to south america looking for the substance. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym william lee.
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Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Burroughs was born on february 5, 1914 in st louis. The first edition of the novel was published in april 15th 1953, and was written by william s. If public schools really wanted kids to abstain from injecting. Junkie by william burroughs, first edition abebooks. Six years before he published his breakthrough novel, naked lunch 1959, william s. First published as junkie under the pen name of william lee in 1953, i read from two editions, each of which differed slightly. In 1953, at the height of american conformism and anticommunist hysteria, william s. Its safe to say that the book wouldnt have seen the light of day if allen ginsberg hadnt taken burroughs under his wing and edited the manuscript.
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