{"product_id":"penguin-essentials-junky","title":"Penguin Essentials: Junky","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eOriginally published in 1953 under the pseudonym William Lee, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"62\"\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel by the legendary founder of the Beat Generation,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs. A largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures, and relapses, it remains the most unflinching and unsentimental portrait of addiction ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eFrom the tenements of New York and the queer bars of New Orleans to the underworld of Mexico City, Burroughs relates the addict's life with \"field report\" realism. He tracks the journey from the initial bliss of heroin to an unabated hunger for the needle, documenting the horrors of cold turkey and the strange, ghostly nocturnal wanderings of a life controlled by \"junk time\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eA dark, powerful, and mesmerizing cult classic, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"48\"\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential precursor to Burroughs' masterpiece, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"108\"\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":32687841280085,"sku":"9780241956786N","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9780241956786.jpg?v=1598897114","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/penguin-essentials-junky","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}