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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
Intensely vivid and preternaturally obscene and obscure episodes of eroticism, unrestrained narcotics consumption, scattered elements of science fiction, and acts that stretch to the very fringes of what can and should be done with a human body - this book will leave your jaw on the floor for its duration, not only in terms of the batshit crazy things on display, but also the impressive way in which they're written and constructed. Politics, authority, and our commonly accepted societal structure are all under the microscope and heavily critiqued within this novel, and the additional notes and essays included in this edition really shine a light on the thoughts (and substances) that formed Naked Lunch, and the intentions of its author.
Surreal, grotesque, hallucinatory, inventive, and honest; a story with no clear structure but rather a collection of scenes that will shock, nauseate, and occasionally have you on the floor laughing.
Unique and creatively limitless, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
*As a huge Cronenberg fan I have seen the film, but not in many years. Time for a revisit.*
Surreal, grotesque, hallucinatory, inventive, and honest; a story with no clear structure but rather a collection of scenes that will shock, nauseate, and occasionally have you on the floor laughing.
Unique and creatively limitless, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
*As a huge Cronenberg fan I have seen the film, but not in many years. Time for a revisit.*