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Sprache: English
Am 1964 von John Calder, in association with Olympia Press veröffentlicht.
The naked lunch
William S. Burroughs: The naked lunch (1964, John Calder, in association with Olympia Press)
- OCLC-Nummer:
- 2043196
Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed as a series of inter-connected adventures set in locations as diverse as the U.S. Mexico and Morocco sees the protagonist, Burroughs’ alter-ego William Lee on the run from the police and always searching for his next fix. Burroughs once stated that the chapters can be read in any order.
Themen
- Drug addicts
- Fiction
- Recovering addicts
- Alienation (Social psychology)
- Drug withdrawal symptoms