anyone read this? i finished it yesterday and i liked it a lot. unlike bukowski, there is hardly any description of the narrator in JUNKY. its all very detatched. but the alienation is the same.
burroughs doesnt seem to be too keen on making a big deal about his doings early in the book, his writing is very matter of fact. there is a scene at the bar where a guy gets stabbed but it is described in a somewhat detatched way.
i found the novel more interesting once burroughs goes to the rio grande valley and starts to grow cotton. that and his time in mexico is more interesting than his life as a junky in the U.S. i like JUNKY enough to try out more of burroughs work.
burroughs doesnt seem to be too keen on making a big deal about his doings early in the book, his writing is very matter of fact. there is a scene at the bar where a guy gets stabbed but it is described in a somewhat detatched way.
i found the novel more interesting once burroughs goes to the rio grande valley and starts to grow cotton. that and his time in mexico is more interesting than his life as a junky in the U.S. i like JUNKY enough to try out more of burroughs work.