FREE: JUNKY by William S Burroughs book

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Pages are slightly yellow with a little wear on back cover. Good * condition

William Lee, a middle class, educated individual of relative privilege, tells the story of his introduction to junk, subsequent addiction and his on-going hellish relationship with the demon. This testimony is not a posing, romantic portrayal of a hip drug user, living an artistic, bohemian existence amongst poets, painters and musicians, all creating great works of art and having a wonderful time. ~Junky~ is an honest account concerning the 'vicious circle' of addiction, and the many attempts by those afflicted to escape the circle, but once you're in it, there's really no getting out - entirely.

In fact it was Burroughs who coined the phrase:

"Once a junky always a junky." And this is the tragedy