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.
Genres
- Drug Use
- Heroin
- Drug addicts
- Recovering addicts
- Fiction
- Autobiography
- Beat Generation
- War on Drugs
- English language
- Alienation (Social psychology)
- Drug withdrawal symptoms
- FICTION / LGBT / Gay
- FICTION / Literary
- SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs
- Pests, control
- Playwriting
- Drug abuse
- Drama, technique
- American literature
- Fiction, humorous, general
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Fiction, psychological
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