Super Short Summary

Junky by William S. Burroughs, first published in 1953 under the pseudonym William Lee, follows thirty-year-old William "Bill" Lee's descent into heroin addiction after his first morphine injection in 1945 New York City. As his dependency on heroin grows, Bill becomes entangled in petty crime and drug dealing, strains his family relationships, and struggles with attempts at sobriety, ultimately leading him to New Orleans and Mexico in search of a new drug. The book includes graphic descriptions of drug use and its impacts.