Naked Lunch
by
William S. Burroughs

1959
Psychological, Fiction, Crime
Richard Alex Jenkins
I read Naked Lunch in my early 20s because of its reputation, drugs, violence and notorious cool, but can't remember a thing about it, making me into a liar, obviously.
Does it matter?
This is my second foray, which is more than I can say for Don Quixote!
We all did drugs and questionable things, made some interesting friends, woke up and wondered how we got there, bought and tried to read Naked Lunch, On The Road, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I think I have an unreturned library card in my copy- what a jerk!
So I decided on a reread to refresh my memory and maybe recapture the past... but I just can't and fell into a mini reading slump, giving myself a day or two, picking it up and rereading five or six pages to remember something, and realized you don't have to fill in the gaps or relive the past if you're not enjoying yourself, but move forward and try to be happy.
I don't like waking up in wet ditches anymore.
I failed at 10%, not a DNF as such, but yeah a fail.
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