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Naked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (which Burroughs called "routines") are drawn from Burroughs' own experiences in these places and his addiction to drugs: heroin, morphine and, while in Tangier, majoun (a strong hashish confection), as well as a German opioid with the brand name Eukodol (oxycodone), of which he wrote frequently. The novel was included in Time's "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". Title origin Burroughs wrote in his introduction that "The title means exactly what the words say: naked lunch, a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork."

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Notable quotes

“The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client.”
— "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs", written in 1956, first published in The British Journal of Addiction, Vol. 52, No. 2 (January 1957), p. 1 and later used as footnotes in Naked Lunch
“This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.”
— "The War Universe", taped conversation, first published in Grand Street, No. 37 (1991)
“America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.”
— Opening Chapter
“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.”
— Habit Notes continued
“The rudeness of many Americans depressed him, a rudeness based on a solid ignorance of the whole concept of manners, and on the proposition that for social purposes, all people are more or less equal and interchangeable.”
— Chapter One
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”
— ch. 5, as cited in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993), pg. 234

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client.”
— "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs", written in 1956, first published in The British Journal of Addiction, Vol. 52, No. 2 (January 1957), p. 1 and later used as footnotes in Naked Lunch
“This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.”
— "The War Universe", taped conversation, first published in Grand Street, No. 37 (1991)
“America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.”
— Opening Chapter
“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.”
— Habit Notes continued
“The rudeness of many Americans depressed him, a rudeness based on a solid ignorance of the whole concept of manners, and on the proposition that for social purposes, all people are more or less equal and interchangeable.”
— Chapter One
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”
— ch. 5, as cited in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993), pg. 234

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Naked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (which Burroughs called "routines") are drawn from Burroughs' own experiences in these places and his addiction to drugs: heroin, morphine and, while in Tangier, majoun (a strong hashish confection), as well as a German opioid with the brand name Eukodol (oxycodone), of which he wrote frequently. The novel was included in Time's "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". Title origin Burroughs wrote in his introduction that "The title means exactly what the words say: naked lunch, a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Naked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Naked Lunch: band that plays electronica · UK synth pop band formed in 1979 · 1991 film directed by David Cronenberg

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