Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802194052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
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.
Junky
Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802194052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802194052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
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.
Junky
Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN: 9780141045405
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment in life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' Burrough's cult classic is a raw, semi-autobiographical account of drug addiction, which outraged America and influenced generations of writers to come. He relates with unflinching realism the highs and lows of dependency- euphoria, hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings and strange sexual encounters. Junkyis a dark, powerful and mesmerizing account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art.
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN: 9780141045405
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment in life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' Burrough's cult classic is a raw, semi-autobiographical account of drug addiction, which outraged America and influenced generations of writers to come. He relates with unflinching realism the highs and lows of dependency- euphoria, hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings and strange sexual encounters. Junkyis a dark, powerful and mesmerizing account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art.
Suburban Junky
Author: Jude Hassan
Publisher: Jude Hassan
ISBN: 193822390X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Jude Hassan came from an upper-middle class household in suburban St. Louis. For most of his life, he was an all-around normal kid. He excelled in sports and academics, and cherished his time at home with his family. It wasn't until he turned fifteen that things went seriously wrong. While attending his first high school party, he was introduced to pot and alcohol. Needless to say, he gave in to the pressure. A month after that, he discovered heroin. The drug had just made its way into the suburban party scene, and Jude was sure that he could get away with doing it only once. He was sadly mistaken. Within a few short months, his entire life was in shambles. In a series of events that leaves you grasping for the next page, Jude spares no amount of detail in his account of his near-decade long struggle with drug addiction, and the horrors he witnessed along the way.
Publisher: Jude Hassan
ISBN: 193822390X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Jude Hassan came from an upper-middle class household in suburban St. Louis. For most of his life, he was an all-around normal kid. He excelled in sports and academics, and cherished his time at home with his family. It wasn't until he turned fifteen that things went seriously wrong. While attending his first high school party, he was introduced to pot and alcohol. Needless to say, he gave in to the pressure. A month after that, he discovered heroin. The drug had just made its way into the suburban party scene, and Jude was sure that he could get away with doing it only once. He was sadly mistaken. Within a few short months, his entire life was in shambles. In a series of events that leaves you grasping for the next page, Jude spares no amount of detail in his account of his near-decade long struggle with drug addiction, and the horrors he witnessed along the way.
Junky Styling
Author: Annika Sanders
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713688335
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The fashion label Junky Styling grew out the authors' passion for transforming secondhand clothing into innovative fashion statements that showcase the wearer's individual style and flair. In this book, Annika Sanders and Kerry Seager record the origins of the company, from the clothes being worn by the authors in London clubs in the nineties to a small retail shop to a successful fashion label. This beautifully illustrated book also shows readers how they can perform "wardrobe surgery" by deconstructing, recutting, and completely transforming their discarded clothes and fabrics into inspired designs. Whether you are a fashion student, home sewer, entrepreneur, environmentalist, or serious fashionista, Junky Styling is both a practical resource and a thought-provoking inspiration that will guide you through a completely new way of looking at the relationship between clothes, resources, and style.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713688335
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The fashion label Junky Styling grew out the authors' passion for transforming secondhand clothing into innovative fashion statements that showcase the wearer's individual style and flair. In this book, Annika Sanders and Kerry Seager record the origins of the company, from the clothes being worn by the authors in London clubs in the nineties to a small retail shop to a successful fashion label. This beautifully illustrated book also shows readers how they can perform "wardrobe surgery" by deconstructing, recutting, and completely transforming their discarded clothes and fabrics into inspired designs. Whether you are a fashion student, home sewer, entrepreneur, environmentalist, or serious fashionista, Junky Styling is both a practical resource and a thought-provoking inspiration that will guide you through a completely new way of looking at the relationship between clothes, resources, and style.
Junky Cable
Author: Claudio Avella
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1953414168
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Collecting the 136-page graphic novel by Claudio Avella that brought sci-fit, romance, and fantasy fans together! Year 29XX: Allister, the death surgeon and Cheap, the code thief, are two criminals and lovers out searching for their step daughter Siri. Their journey begins in the bounty city Nibel and will stretch to industrial city New Okinawa, and along this journey they will encounter numerous enemies, trials, cyborgs and nutcases, while a mysterious enemy emerges from the past to hunt them down.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1953414168
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Collecting the 136-page graphic novel by Claudio Avella that brought sci-fit, romance, and fantasy fans together! Year 29XX: Allister, the death surgeon and Cheap, the code thief, are two criminals and lovers out searching for their step daughter Siri. Their journey begins in the bounty city Nibel and will stretch to industrial city New Okinawa, and along this journey they will encounter numerous enemies, trials, cyborgs and nutcases, while a mysterious enemy emerges from the past to hunt them down.
Suburban Junky
Author: Jude Hassan
Publisher: Jude Hassan
ISBN: 0615717667
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Suburban Junky is a harrowing, yet inspirational, story of one teenager’s journey from the classroom to the shooting gallery, and finally, to rehab. In a series of events that leaves you grasping for the next page, Jude Hassan spares no amount of detail in his account of his near-decade long struggle with drug addiction, and the horrors he witnessed along the way.
Publisher: Jude Hassan
ISBN: 0615717667
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Suburban Junky is a harrowing, yet inspirational, story of one teenager’s journey from the classroom to the shooting gallery, and finally, to rehab. In a series of events that leaves you grasping for the next page, Jude Hassan spares no amount of detail in his account of his near-decade long struggle with drug addiction, and the horrors he witnessed along the way.
PTSD
Author: Guillaume Singelin
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1626723184
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Singelin's PTSD is an adult fiction graphic novel that grapples with the reality of being a war veteran about a traumatized war vet who must fend for herself against all odds. After returning home from an unpopular war, Jun becomes an outsider in an indifferent world. Alone, desperate, and suffering from wounds both mental and physical, she seeks relief in the illicit drugs she manages to purchase or steal. Jun’s tough exterior served her well in combat, but she’ll need to nurture her vulnerability and humanity to survive at home. With the support of her fellow vets, the kindness of a stranger who refuses to turn away, and the companionship of a dog named Red, Jun learns to navigate the psychological trauma that she experienced in the war.
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1626723184
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Singelin's PTSD is an adult fiction graphic novel that grapples with the reality of being a war veteran about a traumatized war vet who must fend for herself against all odds. After returning home from an unpopular war, Jun becomes an outsider in an indifferent world. Alone, desperate, and suffering from wounds both mental and physical, she seeks relief in the illicit drugs she manages to purchase or steal. Jun’s tough exterior served her well in combat, but she’ll need to nurture her vulnerability and humanity to survive at home. With the support of her fellow vets, the kindness of a stranger who refuses to turn away, and the companionship of a dog named Red, Jun learns to navigate the psychological trauma that she experienced in the war.
A Junky's Hallucinations
Author: Don Yudo
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 1481858149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Patrick Khumandaty has a great reputation in the narcotic world as the best drug trafficker. When he used the Vatican without its knowledge, he discovered a genealogy that has been furtively hidden. Now he is on a revenge mission and a major scandal is about to be blown open.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 1481858149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Patrick Khumandaty has a great reputation in the narcotic world as the best drug trafficker. When he used the Vatican without its knowledge, he discovered a genealogy that has been furtively hidden. Now he is on a revenge mission and a major scandal is about to be blown open.
Behr the Junky Yard Dog
Author: Irvin Coston
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512720860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Behr The Junky Yard Dog is about taking care of your belongings. Behr realizes that his friends are not as fortunate as he is and notices the mistake that he has made. Behr decides to make a change and be responsible. He learns that you must be grateful for the things you are blessed with and give God thanks for what you have. Appreciate what is yours and be respectful to what your friends have.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512720860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Behr The Junky Yard Dog is about taking care of your belongings. Behr realizes that his friends are not as fortunate as he is and notices the mistake that he has made. Behr decides to make a change and be responsible. He learns that you must be grateful for the things you are blessed with and give God thanks for what you have. Appreciate what is yours and be respectful to what your friends have.
Queer
Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141975660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141975660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.