Monday, January 5, 2009

'Naked Lunch'

I do not need a magazine interview to tell me that William Burroughs was high as a kite when he wrote this book.

I also enjoy the fact that this is a banned book (I can only assume) as its probably considered above pornographic or graphic, but not by much. But on the same token, it's on the same level (as in banned) as "Huckleberry Finn" or "The Catcher in the Rye." Shouldn't there be levels of banned books?

Of course, later in the book, we learn that Burroughs can actually craft an honest to goodness story as he develops a couple of characters and has them interacting without an orgy spontaneously breaking out.

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