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New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. First American Edition. A superior copy of this Beat Generation cornerstone, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around full-time drug addict William Lee and his travels from the United States, to Mexico, to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. Basis for David Cronenberg's bizarre 1991 film adaptation starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, and Ian Holm. Maynard & Miles A2b; Criterion 220. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); charcoal grey paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spinel; black topstain; dustjacket; original wraparound band; xvi,255,[1]pp. A few faint, tiny spots of finger-soil to right edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.00), with some pinpoint wear and a single tiny tear at crown; very Near Fine, without the usual fading to the spine. Of especial note is the presence of the publisher's original wraparound band, which according to the…

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.