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Junky: Popular Penguins
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Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment in life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.
Junky, Burroughs's cult classic, is a raw, semi-autobiographical account of drug addiction, which outraged America and influenced generations of writers to come. He relates with unflinching realism the highs and lows of dependency—euphoria, hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings, and strange sexual encounters.
Junky is a dark, powerful, and mesmerizing account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art.
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Junky: Popular Penguins by William S. Burroughs has been praised for Burroughs' hard, inventive, and poetic voice, which is distinctly American. He is celebrated for creating dark fairy tales that resonate with adult fears and desires, with popularity across generations. His writing is noted for its precision and fearless exploration of themes, earning him admiration as a visionary with significant influence on postwar literature.
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ISBN: 9780141045405
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 June 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 112.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 112g
Pages: 192
About the Author
William S. Burroughs was born in 1914. His first published novel was the largely autobiographical Junky, which remains a classic depiction of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses he was victim to for most of his life. In 1951, in a drunken William Tell stunt, he accidentally shot and killed his common-law wife. He is most famous for his use of the 'cut-up' technique of writing and the novel Naked Lunch. His other major works included Queer, Exterminator! The 'Nova Trilogy' (The Soft Machine, Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded) and the 'Red Night Trilogy' (Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands). He died in 1997.
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