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Author

Burroughs, William S.

Publication

1984 - Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

42,500 words, Guess

Page Count

170 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivespeed00burr
ISBN-100879511923
ISBN-139780879511920
LibraryThing214573
Library of Congress Control Number83042919

and 3 more

OCLC Control Number9683680
Better World Books9780879511920
Open LibraryOL3185664M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3552.U752 S64 1984
LCCPS3552.U752S64 1984

Description

A methedrine-inspired odyssey, a painfully candid exploration of the horizons of the speed freak's world, from the drug-hazed fantasy of New York's infamous East Village to the terrifying reality of a Federal narcotics hospital, Burroughs Jr.'s two novels present a vision of alienated youth at its most raw and uncensored. Speed follows Billy as he hustles for dope and money, crashing in garbage-strewn apartments and guiding a paranoid friend through the perilous city streets. With tough, gritty detachment, he describes the stages of his own drug addiction and physical and emotional deterioration. Kentucky Ham takes him from the squalor of the East Village crash pads to his father's literary hideaway in Tangier, and finally to incarceration at the Federal Narcotics Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Through both these autobiographical novels, William S. Burroughs, Jr., tells a story of generational isolation that is as relevant today as when it was first written.