A true genius and first mythographer of the mid - twentieth century , William Burroughs is the lineal successor to James Joyce . Naked Lunch is a banquet you will never forget .' J . G . BALLARD WELCOME TO INTERZONE .. Say hello to Bradley the Buyer , the best narcotics agent in the business . Attend international playboy A . J .' s annual party , where the punch is to be treated with extreme caution . Meet Dr ' Fingers ' Schafer , the Lobotomy Kid and his giant centipede ,' The Complete American De - anxietized Man .' And enter the dark and infernal mind of Bill Lee as he pursues his daily quest for the ultimate merchandise ... Provocative , influential , morbidly fascinating . Naked Lunch is an apocalyptic ride through the darker recesses of the human psyche ' Burroughs is a real writer with an instinct repect for language . He also has a compulsive loathing for American middle - class life and he attacks it with the weapons closest to hand - the party prowler equipped with his sperm - filled water pistol for impregnating career women is very funny .' Observer ' In Naked Lunch Burroughs has banished psychology and realism in order to invent a new approach to the novel - a delirious exploration of sexual violence through the art of collage .' EDMUND WHITE , Time Out ' Naked Lunch is a masterpiece , a cry from hell , a terrifying and savagely funny book that swings between uncontrolle hallucination and a fierce , exact satire .' Newsweek ' A furious apocalypse , splendid and exasperating .' Sunday Times ' A book of great beauty and maniacally exquisite delight .' NORMAN MAILER
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