Junky
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Publication
1977 - Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Language
English
Word Count
39,500 words, Guess
Page Count
158 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100140043519
- ISBN-139780140043518
- LibraryThing26134
- Goodreads538566
- Library of Congress Control Number76048144
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number55552034
- OCLC Control Number2890662
- Better World Books9780140043518
- Open LibraryOL18329009M
Classifications
- DDC813/.5/4
- DDCB
- LCCPS3552.U75 J86 1977
and 3 more
- LCCPS3552.U75 J86 1977
- LCCPS3552.U75.J86 1977
- LCCPZ4.B972 Ju3
Description
A semi-autobiographical account, narrated in a matter-of-fact manner, of the author’s life as a drug addict. The story ranges from the backstreets of New York to a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kentucky, the bars of New Orleans and on to Mexico, recounting the difficulties of obtaining drugs, financial problems and homosexual encounters. Burroughs significantly stretched the boundaries of publishable material with his debut novel.
Description
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. Based on the author's own experiences.
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