Junky

William S. Burroughs

Also published as: Junkie.

earliest edition we have, 1969 Grove Press, 2012 241 pages

Ullstein-Bücher -- Nr. 2886

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...

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Editions we hold

Junky edition · 2012 · Grove Press · 197 pages · 9780802120427
Junky edition · 2012 · Penguin Books, Limited · 134 pages · 9780241956786
Junky edition · 2012 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141904016
Junky: The Definitive Text of "Junk" edition · 2012 · Grove Press · 241 pages · 9780802194053
Junky paperback · 2012 · Altikirkbes · 264 pages · 9786055532741
Junky edition · 2009 · Penguin Books, Limited · 208 pages · 9780141189826
Junky edition · 2009 · Penguin Books, Limited · 192 pages · 9780141045405
Junky edition · 2003 · Penguin Books · 166 pages
Junky (Penguin Modern Classics) edition · 2002 · Penguin Books Ltd · 192 pages · 9780141187006
Junky edition · 2000 · Penguin Audiobooks · 9780141801827
Junky edition · 1999 · Penguin Books Ltd · 176 pages · 9780140282696
Junky paperback · 1999 · 10-18 · 189 pages · 9782264011039

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