Description: We are offering Naked Lunch. By William S. Burroughs. Copyright 1959 by William Burroughs. First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1966 First Printing. **NOTE** - This particular edition of the book begins by describing the obscenity case brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General against the book Naked Lunch that was first tried in Boston. It also gives the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision which declared that the book was not obscene and would not be banned. The actual 255-page book Naked Lunch follows this preliminary information. **NOTE** - Included is a deposition by William S. Burroughs and Excerpts from the Boston Trial, with specific reasons why the lower court found the book to be obscene, giving details why. At this trial Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg and John Ciardi gave testimony on behalf of Naked Lunch.
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Book Title: Naked Lunch
Book Series: Historical
Original Language: English
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Personalized: No
Features: Special information on court case to ban book
Topic: Books, Counterculture
Unit Quantity: 1
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: First Evergreen Black Cat
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1966 First Printing
Publication Year: 1966
Type: Novel
Literary Movement: Counterculture
Era: 1960s
Author: William S. Burroughs
Genre: Surrealism
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 255
