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."