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title: "JUNKY"
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# 4.4/5 star rating from 1,767 reviews Definitive archival text 1950s post-war America setting JUNKY

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the underground: The definitive addiction memoir that shaped a literary legend.

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- **What is this?** JUNKY
- **How much does it cost?** € 25.10 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **Cult Classic Status:** Join thousands who’ve rated this seminal work 4.4 stars, cementing its place in literary history.
- • **Raw & Unfiltered Narrative:** Experience addiction and survival through Burroughs’ unflinching, stylistic prose.
- • **Immersive Historical Journey:** Travel through New York, New Orleans, and Mexico in the gritty 1950s underworld.
- • **Authentic Literary Experience:** Dive into the original, meticulously restored text by Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris.
- • **Essential for Burroughs Fans & Newcomers:** Start your exploration of Burroughs’ oeuvre with this foundational novel.

## Overview

Junky is William Burroughs’ debut novel, a cult classic that fictionalizes his 1950s heroin addiction and life in the post-war American underworld. This definitive edition restores the original text word-for-word, offering readers an immersive journey through New York, New Orleans, and Mexico. Praised for its raw honesty and stylistic prose, Junky holds a 4.4-star rating from over 1,700 readers and is essential for both longtime fans and newcomers to Burroughs’ work.

## Description

Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. 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. For this definitive edition, renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris has gone back to archival typescripts to re-created the author's original text word by word. From the tenements of New York to the queer bars of New Orleans, Junky takes the reader into a world at once long-forgotten and still with us today. Burroughs’s first novel is a cult classic and a critical part of his oeuvre.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #26,631 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #112 in City Life Fiction (Books) #2,164 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,776 Reviews |

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