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 an edition that features restored text, archival material, and an essay on psychoactive drugs.
Contents
Naked Lunch -- Original introductions and additions by the author. Deposition : Testimony concerning a sickness [1960] ; Post script ... Wouldn't you? [1960] ; Afterthoughts on a deposition [1991] ; Letter from a master addict to dangerous drugs [1956] -- Burroughs' texts annexed by the editors. Editor's note by Barry Miles and James Grauerholz ; Letter to Irving Rosenthal [1960] ; The death of Mel the waiter [undated] ; Outtakes.