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London: John Calder, 1964. First Edition. 251pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book has a slight bow to the spine, and a few bumps to the boards. Wrapper has modest toning. Price of 42s Present on inside front flap. INSCRIBED by the author. The first UK edition of this classic novel of the Beat generation, following the Paris and U.S. issues. Basis for the 1991 David Cronenberg film featuring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, and Roy Scheider.

The Naked Lunch (sometimes referred to as Naked Lunch) is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, following the shifting and hallucinatory perspectives of a junkie protagonist.