![]() ![]() Burroughs took up the task with little enthusiasm. Burroughs began it largely at the request and insistence of Allen Ginsberg, who was impressed by Burroughs's letter-writing skill. The novel was considered unpublishable more than it was controversial. It has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s. His first published work, it is semi-autobiographical and focuses on Burroughs' life as a drug user and dealer. ![]() Burroughs, initially published under the pseudonym William Lee in 1953. Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict (originally titled Junk, later released as Junky) is a novel by American beat generation writer William S. ![]()
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