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Author: Burroughs, William
Title: Junkie
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Pages: 157 pp.
Date: 1953
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Heroin; Life styles
Annotation:A relentlessly realistic story of a heroin addict's life and the drug culture surrounding him. Although some information about addiction clearly departs from fact, this is written in a tough, objective style that places addiction under the jeweler's eye.
Viewpoint towards drugs: neutral.




Author: Burroughs, William
Title: Naked Lunch
Publisher: Grove, New York
Pages: 255 pp.
Date: 1962
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Life styles
Annotation:A surrealistic novel about the underground culture of drug addiction and homosexuality, told with a fragmented style which approximates drug hallucinations and fantasies.
Viewpoint towards drugs: neutral.






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