Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Exerting its influence on the work of authors like Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, and William Gibson, on the relationship of art and obscenity, and on the shape of music, film, and media generally, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. Now, nearly forty years after the book's first U.S. appearance, Burroughs scholar Barry Miles and Burroughs's longtime editor James Grauerholz have given us an edition of the book which includes many editorial corrections to errors present in the existing text, and incorporates Burroughs's notes on the text, several essays he wrote over the years about the book, and, most excitingly, an appendix of twenty percent new material and alternate drafts from the original manuscript, which predates the edition eventually was published by Olympia Press in Paris. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volume is a valuable and fresh experience of perhaps his most enduring artistic legacy.

作者簡介：

威廉•巴勒斯（1914—1997），美國作傢，與艾倫•金斯堡及傑剋•凱魯亞剋同為“垮掉的一代”文學運動的創始者。被譽為“垮掉的一代”的精神教父和美國後現代主義創作的先驅之一。晚年涉足演藝界，創作流行歌麯，拍電影，繪畫，還為耐剋運動鞋在電視上做廣告，幾乎無所不為。主要作品有《裸體午餐》《癮君子》《紅夜之城》《酷兒》《野孩子》《軟機器》《爆炸的票》《新星快車》等。

譯者簡介：

馬愛農，1964 年生，人民文學齣版社編審，文學翻譯傢。譯著有《愛倫•坡短篇小說選》、《船訊》、《綠野仙蹤》、《黑駿馬》以及《哈利•波特》係列等。