"Filthy, dangerous, depraved groundbreaking. And funny as Hell. Not an ideal role model, I grant you. But a writer I very much looked up to and wanted, for better or worse, to emulate," Bourdain said.
Originally published in 1959, "Naked Lunch" still resonates today as an important piece of American literature. The novel is written as a series of vignettes that are narrated by a drug-added junkie, who talks about his experiences and drug addiction.
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