Junky by William Burroughs (Audiobook Excerpt)
A reading from JUNKY by William S. Burroughs' first novel published in 1953 based on his life as a heroin addict in New York City, New Orleans, Mexico City & Tangiers during the 1930s & 40s.
In this reading, William Lee, the protagonist, has developed his first habit while dealing junk. Short on ways to earn money to afford his addiction without suffering terminal withdrawal, he experiments "working the hole" robbing drunks after midnight in subway cars & train stations with a dangerous hoodlum named Roy.
This passage read by KOJAK.
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