Isbn: 9780142003169 - junky: the definitive text of "junk" (15 résultats)

Etat : acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the underworld of post-war America. The Burroughs-like protagonist of the novel, Bill Lee, see-saws between periods of addiction and rehab, using a panoply of substances including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, paregoric (a weak tincture of opium) and goof balls (barbiturate), amongst others. For this definitive edition, renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris has gone back to archival typescripts to re-created the author's original text word by word. From the tenements of New York to the queer bars of New Orleans, Junky takes the reader into a world at once long-forgotten and still with us today. Burroughs's first novel is a cult classic and a critical part of his oeuvre.…

Etat : Very Good. Very Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Etat : acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

Etat : very_good.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

softcover. Etat : Fine copy. Later prt. 8vo, 166 pp., Edited & with an introduction by Oliver Harris.

paperback. Etat : Good. Edgewear and bumping. Pages clean but margins yellowed. Page edges tanned. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.

Etat : Very Good. A tight and unmarked copy-" Before his 1959 breakthrough, Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junk, his first book, a candid, eyewitness account of times and places that are now long gone. This book brings them vividly to life again; it is an unvarnished field report from the American postwar underground. For this definitive 50th-anniversary edition, eminent Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris has painstakingly re-created the author's original text, word by word, from archival typescripts. Here for the first time are Burroughs's unpublished Introduction and an entire omitted chapter, along with many "lost" passages and auxiliary texts by Allen Ginsberg and others. Harris's comprehensive Introduction reveals the composition history of Junk's text and places its contents against a lively historical background." About the Author: William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) guru of the Beat Generation, the controversial ÃÂ minence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of black humor satirists had a range of influence rivaled by few post-World War II writers. His many books include Naked Lunch, Queer, Exterminator!, The Cat Inside, The Western Lands, and Interzone.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Book softcover 50th anniversary definitive edition, bright yellow inside covers, signed and dedication by the author of the introduction. Condition Near Fine sharp corners and edges, spine intact, edges tanned, light tan to page margins.

Paperback. Etat : Very good. xxxix, 166 p. 20 cm. The definitive text. ; 50th Anniversary Definitive Edition ; 7th printing.

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paperback. Etat : As New.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : None,As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused unopened copy of the advanced uncorrected proof. THIS IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Book.