Naked Lunch
The Restored Text

Author: William S. Burroughs, edited by James Grauerholz and Barry Miles

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/09/2009

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale of a narcotics addict unmoored in New York, Tangiers, and, ultimately, a nightmarish wasteland known as Interzone. The restored text includes many editorial corrections and incorporates Burroughss notes on the text and several essays he wrote over the years about the book. For the Burroughs enthusiast and neophyte alike, this is a valuable and fresh experience of this classic of our culture.

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Goodreads review by Jeffrey

”The title means exactly what the words say: NAKED lunch--a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of the fork.” The book title was suggested by Jack Kerouac. If not for the intervention of William S. Burroughs friends, Naked Lunch would have never seen the light of day. Peter Orlovs......more

Goodreads review by mark

WARNING: nasty language ahead, including the use of some of my favorite phrases from the novel; these include such choice nuggets as mugwump jism and to turn a massacre into a sex orgy and a bubbly thick stagnant sound, a sound you could smell and the subject will come at his whistle, shit on the fl......more

Goodreads review by Lauryl

The flaw of the 5-star rating system is in trying figure out whether you should award stars based on how much you liked a book, or based on how "good" you think a book is. These two criteria are often distinct from each other, and Naked Lunch, at least for me, is a perfect example of this. I think t......more

Naked Lunch The Restored Text

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Naked Lunch
The Restored Text