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Naked Lunch

by Burroughs, William

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About This Item

New York: Grove Press, 1959. First American Edition/1st Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. This is the true first American Edition with all the correct points including the $6.00 price on the front flap, no roman numeral on lower spine near back panel and , no zip code listed on back cover with the address of Grove Press. Also has the photo of Burroughs on the upper corner of the back panel of the dustjacket credited to Martha Rocher and critical blurbs by Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell and Jack Kerouac. Burroughs broke new ground with this novel with his use of the development of experimental fiction, as well as presenting forbidden subject matter (addiction and homosexuality). Made into a David Cronenberg film in 1991. featuring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, and Roy Scheider. The dustjacket has some minor chipping and tears along with a small chip missing from the top of the spine panel cutting into Burrough's name and a small chip to the top of the back spine panel. Also 2 very small nicks to the bottom of the spine panel. Touch of wear to the boards and cloth and edges which are very minute and a few corner pg. folds which are also minor and a patch of small wear to the bottom margin of one pg. . Vg/vg. Also laid in is a nice full color fold over poster from the dvd release of movie "Burroughs" with an essay on the verso by Luc Sante.

Synopsis

Naked Lunch (sometimes referred to as The Naked Lunch) is a novel by William S. Burroughs originally published in 1959. The book was originally published with the title The Naked Lunch in Paris in 1959 by Olympia Press. An American edition by Grove Press followed soon after in 1962. The American edition was titled Naked Lunch and was substantially different from the Olympia Press edition, because it was based on an earlier 1958 manuscript in Allen Ginsberg's possession.

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Bookseller
Cinemage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
011208
Title
Naked Lunch
Author
Burroughs, William
Format/Binding
Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American Edition/1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Grove Press
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1959
Keywords
Drug Addiction, gay Men, Gay Authors, Beat Writers, Burroughs, Novels, Fiction,
Bookseller catalogs
Gay And Lesbian; Fiction; Beat Literature;

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