| Description |
vii, 289 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 1959. |
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"Restored text ... c2001"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Naked lunch: And start west -- The vigilante -- The rube -- Benway -- Joselito -- The black meat -- Hospital -- Lazarus go home -- Hassan's rumpus room -- Campus of Interzone University -- A.J.'s annual party -- Meeting of International Conference of Technological Psychiatry -- The market -- Ordinary men and women -- Islam Incorporated and the parties of Interzone -- The county clerk -- Interzone -- The examination -- Have you seen Pantopon Rose? -- Coke bugs -- The exterminator does a good job -- The algebra of need -- Hauser and O'Brien -- Atrophied preface -- Quick -- Original introductions and additions by the author: Deposition : testimony concerning a sickness [1960] -- Post script...Wouldn't you? [1960] -- Afterthoughts on a deposition [1991] -- Letter from a master addict to dangerous drugs [1956] -- Burroughs texts annexed by the editors: Editors' note / by Barry Miles and James Grauerholz -- Letter to Irving Rosenthal [1960] -- The death of Mel the waiter [undated] -- Outtakes: The vigilante -- Outtakes: The rube -- Outtakes: Benway -- Outtakes: The black meat -- Outtakes: Hospital -- Outtakes: A.J.'s annual party -- Outtakes: Islam Incorporated and the parties of Interzone -- Outtakes: The examination -- Outtakes: Coke bugs -- Outtakes: Hauser and O'Brien -- Outtakes: Atrophied preface. |
| Summary |
An narcotics addict travels to Mexico and then Tangier in order to find easy access to drugs, and ends up in the Interzone, a bizarre fantasy world, in an edition that features restored text, archival material, and an essay on psychoactive drugs. |
| Subject |
Drug addicts -- Fiction.
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Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
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Drug withdrawal symptoms -- Fiction.
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Recovering addicts -- Fiction.
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Satire..
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| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Grauerholz, James.
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Miles, Barry, 1943-
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| ISBN |
9780802122070 (pbk.) |
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0802122078 (pbk.) |
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