Junky by William S. Burroughs

Junky by William S. BurroughsBurroughs' 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. Through junk neighbourhoods in New York, New Orleans and Mexico City, through time spent kicking, time spent dealing and time rolling drunks for money, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, Junky is a field report (by a writer trained in anthropology at

and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography

Harry Kvist walks out the gates of Langholmen jail into another biting Stockholm winter

get knit into a unified whole of past

Warner and Juliette’s future together is within reach

on the last of a series of extraordinary expeditions

addresses just 5 per cent of the universe

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and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest trade in Marrakesh)

Theresa Osborne

Michael Pollan means real

The killer has been in prison for six years

Which means for Scotland Yard