Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century.
For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volumethat contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own later introductions to the book, and his essay on psychoact.
Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture.
Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century