Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays
- ISBN-10
- 0809329166
- ISBN-13
- 9780809329168
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Authors
- Oliver C. G. Harris, Ian MacFadyen
Description
"This is the first book devoted in its entirety to William Burroughs' masterpiece, bringing together an international array of scholars, artists, musicians, and academics from many fields to explore the origins, writing, reception, and complex meanings of Naked Lunch."--Inside cover.
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