Naked Lunch The Restored Text

by Burroughs, William S.; Grauerholz, James; Miles, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780802140180
• ISBN10: 0802140181
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-26
• Publisher: Grove Press

Summary

Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volume—that contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own later introductions to the book, and his essay on psychoactive drugs—is a valuable and fresh experience of a novel that has lost none of its relevance or satirical bite.

Author Biography

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was the author of numerous other novels, including Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, The Soft Machine, and The Wild Boys, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters James Grauerholz was William Burroughs's longtime secretary and editor Barry Miles has been involved with Beat literature as a scholar and participant for over thirty years

Table of Contents

Naked Lunch	p. 1
And Start West	p. 3
The Vigilante	p. 8
The Rube	p. 9
Benway	p. 19
Joselito	p. 39
The Black Meat	p. 43
Hospital	p. 47
Lazarus Go Home	p. 58
Hassan's Rumpus Room	p. 62
Campus of Interzone University	p. 70
A.J.'s Annual Party	p. 74
Meeting of International Conference of Technological Psychiatry	p. 87
The Market	p. 89
Ordinary Men and Women	p. 101
Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone	p. 121
The County Clerk	p. 141
Interzone	p. 148
The Examination	p. 155
Have You Seen Pantopon Rose?	p. 165
Coke Bugs	p. 166
The Exterminator Does a Good Job	p. 169
The Algebra of Need	p. 172
Hauser and O'Brien	p. 174
Atrophied Preface	p. 182
Quick ...	p. 195
Original Introductions and Additions by the Author	p. 197
Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness [1960]	p. 199
Post Script ... Wouldn't You? [1960]	p. 207
Afterthoughts on a Deposition [1991]	p. 211
Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs [1956]	p. 213
Burroughs Texts Annexed by the Editors	p. 231
Editors' Note	p. 233
Letter to Irving Rosenthal [1960]	p. 249
The Death of Mel the Waiter [undated]	p. 252
Outtakes: The Vigilante	p. 254
Outtakes: The Rube	p. 257
Outtakes: Benway	p. 264
Outtakes: The Black Meat	p. 266
Outtakes: Hospital	p. 269
Outtakes: A.J.'s Annual Party	p. 270
Outtakes: Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone	p. 272
Outtakes: The Examination	p. 272
Outtakes: Coke Bugs	p. 279
Outtakes: Hauser and O'Brien	p. 281
Outtakes: Atrophied Preface	p. 282
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