Junky
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 post-war America. The Burroughs-like protagonist of the novel, Bill Lee, see-saws between periods of addiction and rehab, using a panoply of substances including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, paregoric (a weak tincture of opium) and goof balls (barbiturate), amongst others.
Dark & BroodingStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingWho Am I?The mechanics of addictionPost-war American decayThe illusion of controlUnderworld survival codes
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