Naked Lunch: The Restored Text - Hardcover

Burroughs, William S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802116396 ISBN 13: 9780802116390

Publisher: Grove Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Bill Lee, an addict and hustler, travels to Mexico and then Tangier in order to find easy access to drugs, and ends up in the Interzone, a bizarre fantasy world, in a commemorative edition that features restored text, archival material, Burroughs's own later introduction to the book, and his essay on psychoactive drugs. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (1914 1997) was the author of numerous novels, including Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, The Soft Machine, and The Wild Boys, and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. JAMES GRAUERHOLZ was Burroughs s longtime secretary and editor. BARRY MILES has been involved for years with Beat literature as a scholar and participant. Among his books are The Beat Hotel and biographies of Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac.

Review:

A masterpiece. A cry from hell, a brutal, terrifying, and savagely funny book that swings between uncontrolled hallucination and fierce, exact satire. --Newsweek

Ever since Naked Lunch...Williams S. Burroughs has been ordained as America s most incendiary artist. --Los Angeles Times

Burroughs possesses a special literary gift....[Naked Lunch] takes a coldly implacable look at the dark side of our nature.... --Books of the Century, New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802116396
• ISBN 13: 9780802116390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289
• Editor: Grauerholz James, Miles Barry