“Junkie. Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict.” William Lee, pseudonym for William S
“Junkie. Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict.” William Lee, pseudonym for William S. Burroughs (1914-1997). Bound together with an abridged reprint of “Narcotic Agent.” Maurice Helbrant, formerly of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, US Treasury Department. Ace Books, Inc., 1953. First edition, first printing. Perfect-bound reversible “Ace Double”. Original pictorial wrappers. Containing Burroughs’s first book, this is by far the most collectible of the Ace Double Books series, and presents, with Junkie and Narcotic Agent uncomfortably pressed together in one volume, a microcosmic metaphor for the strained relationship between culture and counter-culture in 50s America.Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author. He is considered to be “one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th century.” -- source link
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