Junkie

By William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris

Subjects: Homosexuals in Fiction, Ps3552.u75 j86 2003, Heroin abuse, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drug addicts--fiction, Drug abuse, Fiction, Drug addicts, Heroin abuse--fiction, Drug use, Biography, Drogenabhängigkeit, Heroin, 813/.54, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction in English

Description: A semi-autobiographical account, narrated in a matter-of-fact manner, of the author’s life as a drug addict. The story ranges from the backstreets of New York to a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kentucky, the bars of New Orleans and on to Mexico, recounting the difficulties of obtaining drugs, financial problems and homosexual encounters. Burroughs significantly stretched the boundaries of publishable material with his debut novel.