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Author Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.

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

Imprint New York : Penguin Books, 2008, c1977.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 B945j 2008    ---  Available
Description xli, 166 p. ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin modern classics
Note Originally published as Junkie under the pen name of William Lee.
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references.
Summary "Burroughs' first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written ... A cult classic, it has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse and unapologetic tone"--P. [4] of cover.
Subject Drug addicts -- Fiction.
Heroin abuse -- Fiction.
Added Author Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.)
Added Title Definitive text of Junk
Junk
ISBN 9780141189826
0141189827

 
    
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