A shocking expose of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin
addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an
introduction by Oliver Harris in Penguin Modern Classics.
Burroughs' 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
Harvard) from the American post-war drug underground. Nurtured into
being by fellow Beat Generation guru Allen Ginsberg, Junky is a
cult classic that has influenced generations of writers with its
raw, sparse and unapologetic tone. This definitive edition
painstakingly recreates the author's original text word for word.
In work and in life, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) expressed a
constant subversion of the morality, politics and economics of
modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his
treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his
homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his
death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically
trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the
twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky,
Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That
Exploded and The Soft Machine. If you enjoyed Junky, you might like
Burroughs' Exterminator!, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'Reads today as fresh and unvarnished as it ever has'
Will Self
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