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Naked lunch, the restored text, William S. Burroughs ; edited by James Grauerholz and Barry Miles

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Naked lunch

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William S. Burroughs ; edited by James Grauerholz and Barry Miles

the restored text

Bill Lee, an addict and hustler, 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

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