Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Naked Lunch the Book

The What When Book List 1970 - 2020

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, 1959
Read in May 1977

Supposedly the title refers to a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork. I read this while on semester break after a long discussion of Burroughs the previous semester. I had heard a lot about the man

A strange rambling story without a clear plot that jumps around in space and time. This book was banned in many places in America.

The band Steely Dan was named after a steam powered dildo mentioned in this novel.

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