Junky: The Definitive Text of Junk A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe

A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck's route by Don Freeman

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Junky: The Definitive Text of Junk A collectible 50th anniversary deluxeJunk 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