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Junky [sound recording : abridged]

by William S. Burroughs

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Burroughs' quasi-autobiographical narrative makes for a raw, fragmented, & disturbing account of hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings, strange sexual encounters, & quests to ease the hunger for the needle. Read in the incantational tones of Burroughs himself, the high-priest of reprobation, this legendary account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art is as shocking & powerful as it has ever been.… (more)
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Burroughs' quasi-autobiographical narrative makes for a raw, fragmented, & disturbing account of hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings, strange sexual encounters, & quests to ease the hunger for the needle. Read in the incantational tones of Burroughs himself, the high-priest of reprobation, this legendary account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art is as shocking & powerful as it has ever been.

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