Burroughs` first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures & relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through junk neighbourhoods in New York, New Orleans & Mexico City, through time spent kicking, time spent dealing & time rolling drunks for money, through junk sickness & a sanatorium, ” Junky” is a field report (by a writer trained in anthropology at Harvard) from the American post-war drug underground. A cult classic, it has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse & unapologetic tone. This definitive edition painstakingly recreates the author`s original text word for word.