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Junky

William S. Burroughs

19942 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
1994
first published
  • 1977Penguin Books · 158 pages · ENGISBN 9780140043518
  • 2012Penguin Books, Limited · 134 pages · ENGISBN 9780241956786
  • 2012Grove Press · 197 pages · ENGISBN 9780802120427
  • 1999Penguin Books Ltd · 176 pagesISBN 9780140282696
  • 2002Penguin Books Ltd · 192 pagesISBN 9780141187006
  • 1997Penguin Audio · 2 pages · ENGISBN 9780140864458
  • 2012Grove Press · 241 pagesISBN 9780802194053
  • 2012Altikirkbes · 264 pagesISBN 9786055532741

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.

Content notes

  • Drug usemoderateunreviewed
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