Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Audiobook)

from labrick

I had railed on this book to an acquaintance who expressed the opinion that it was a high point in modern literature. When asked why I finished reading it I gave a halfhearted explanation about a compulsion to finish something partially completed. This book seems to fall into the category of so o...

from wrk1

Even though Naked Lunch is a hodgepodge of entertainingly puzzling scenes, I got tired of the lack of story and Burrough's relentless pushing of what I think is his single theme--that individual identity is itself a hodgepodge of the results of inter-penetration with other individuals and with so...

from AyeshaF

I'm going to blunt about this just like everything in this book- didn't like it.The rating is two star and not one because it is supposed to be experimental literature (if this is the right word)which is obviously not going to even take the effort of making itself understood. After the fist 20 or...

from immaculatechaos

It is really raunchy and detailed. I only gave it two stars because I really like Burrough's letters about addiction at the end. I agreed with some of his philosophies, and he painted a very visual picture of what it is like to be an addict without all the disgusting stuff.

from PeeringFromTheCosmos

I'm not quite sure what I think of this book. When I began it I did not have much knowledge of what it was about, I had just known about WillIam Burrough's reputation and influence in the world of writing. So I casually picked this book up one day, and upon starting it, it had actually angered me...