Junky Books
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by (shelved 3 times as junky)
avg rating 4.11 — 63,592 ratings — published 1978

by (shelved 2 times as junky)
avg rating 3.99 — 31,567 ratings — published 1978

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.06 — 144 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,003 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.15 — 12,422 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.69 — 42 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.84 — 8,186 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.17 — 59,494 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.29 — 28 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.34 — 41,136 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,773 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.01 — 783 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.89 — 26,211 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.91 — 25,977 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,149 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,041 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,439 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.88 — 6,048 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.74 — 12,505 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,459 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,343 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,262 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.49 — 925,035 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 3.87 — 33,252 ratings — published 1966

by (shelved 1 time as junky)
avg rating 4.14 — 54,165 ratings — published 1997

“I traded in my
freedom for
a needy, whiny
and defiant
four-year-old,
a junky girlfriend,
and a relationship
riddled with
someone else’s
problems
Now, I stare
out of open
windows like
a wild mustang
craving open
fields
I clench my
crotch, where
my balls
used to be,
and I hum a
loathsome tune,
like an out-
of-work castrato
who’s realized his
dreams of someday
having his own family
are gone”
― Crushed Black Velvet
freedom for
a needy, whiny
and defiant
four-year-old,
a junky girlfriend,
and a relationship
riddled with
someone else’s
problems
Now, I stare
out of open
windows like
a wild mustang
craving open
fields
I clench my
crotch, where
my balls
used to be,
and I hum a
loathsome tune,
like an out-
of-work castrato
who’s realized his
dreams of someday
having his own family
are gone”
― Crushed Black Velvet

“Burroughs ... his very junkhood an accomplishment beyond a million dollars.”
― Kaddish and Other Poems
― Kaddish and Other Poems