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245 10 a| Junky :b| the definitive text of Junk /c| William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris.;

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520 a| 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.;

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Junky : the definitive text of Junk / William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris.

Author/creator	Burroughs, William S.
Other author	Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.)
Format	Electronic
Publication	New York : Grove Press, 2012.
Distribution	[Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West
Description	1 online resource (197 pages)
Supplemental Content	EBSCOhost
Subjects	Drug addicts--Fiction. Heroin abuse--Fiction.

Uniform title	Junkie
Contents	Acknowledgments -- Editor's introduction -- Prologue -- Junky -- Glossary -- Appendices -- 1. Chapter 28 of the original "Junk" manuscript -- 2. "Introduction" to the original "Junk" manuscript -- 3. Letter from William Burroughs to A.A. Wyn [1959] -- 4. "Junkie : an appreciation" (1952) / by Allen Ginsberg -- 5. Carl Solomon's publisher's note in Junkie (1953) -- 6. Foreword to Junkie (1964) / by Carl Solomon -- 7. Introduction to Junky (1977) / by Allen Ginsberg -- Notes.
Abstract	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.
General note	Imprint date taken from page 4 of cover.
Source of description	Print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Junkie. Junky 9780802120427
Genre/form	Experimental fiction.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Autobiographical fiction.
Genre/form	Experimental fiction.
ISBN	9780802194053 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	0802194052 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	9780141904016 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	0141904011 (electronic bk.)
Stock number	18A3FFC0-F8F3-4F57-9672-C9CAEF4E50FC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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