Loved itThis is what I look for when it's a story about heroin. This is a semi-autobiographical novel of William S. Burroughs' experience in the 1950s as being a heroin addict and a drug dealer. And I loved it.
Junky (1953)
Others: Positive 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780241956786
- Length:
- 158 pages
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