The Naked Lunch

About this book

The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended 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 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 brand name Eukodol of which he wrote frequently).source wiki