Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
By William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz (Editor), Barry Miles (Editor)




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Book Description
Reedited by Burroughs scholar Barry Miles and BurroughsU longtime editor James Grauerholz, "Naked Lunch: The Restored Text" includes many editorial corrections to errors present in previous editions, and incorporates BurroughsU notes on the text, several essays he wrote over the years about the bookContinue
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curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
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Déjeuner sur l’Herbe
“You can cut into The Naked Lunch at any intersection point,” says Burroughs, suiting the action to the word, in “an atrophied preface” he appends as a tail-piece. His book, he means, is like a neighborhood movie with continuous showings that you can ... (read full critics)
nybooks published on Sat, 21 Aug 2010
5 Reviews
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Mat F. said on Apr 28, 2010 | Add your feedback
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Generally, pretty traumatic!
What I liked most about this book, and what made me get into it in the first place, were the excerpts from the 'morality' trail and controversy surrounding the book and its author. Given at the start it acts almost as a disclaimer for the events that follow. Intentionally, or not, it guides the read ... (continue)
Katelyn said on Jan 29, 2009 | Add your feedback
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I couldn't help but give it up.
Perhaps my not perfect english doesn't help,but honestly I don't think very much of a situation where I have to read a page two or three times to start figuring out what's written on it...The film was crazy as well but I could cope with it pretty well, maybe if I tr ... (continue)
Gingillo said on Sep 18, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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Starts hard. Will see how it continues...
09-04-2011 - I found this very difficult to read. I have tried many books about junkies and their shattered lives, but this is so gross, that I just want to forget everything I read as soon as possible.
07-18-2011: It is as gross as I imagined it would be: all those junkies destroying themselves, d ... (continue)
ariadna73 said on Jul 19, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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The Stuff On The End Of Your Fork...
Surreal beauty mixed in with an equal measure of wretchedness and spit. Note that it made it onto the list of Time magazine's Top 100 Novels Of All-Time, which is not something to sniff at.
I initially found the book a little bewildering as far as the overall plot went but specific passages an ... (continue)
Ramnagel said on Jun 13, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 304 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0802140181
- ISBN-13: 9780802140180
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Pub date: Jan 26, 2004
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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Book review: William S. Burroughs' *Naked Lunch: 50th Anniversary Edition*
Naked Lunch: 50th Anniversary Edition William S. Burroughs Grove Press Hardcover 320 pages November 2009 You enter the moment of the “naked lunch” when you realize just what that is quivering at the end of your fork. We’ve been staring at that living ... (read full critics)