This novel alludes to Billy Budd when the protagonist experiences the "orgasm of the hanged man" in a police station.
This novel alludes to Billy Budd when the protagonist experiences the "orgasm of the hanged man" in a police station. It was originally printed together with a Maurice Helbrant novel, and its cover illustration depicted a man struggling with a screaming blonde woman for a packet in her hand in front of a table with a stove on it. This novel portrays Herbert Huncke in the character of Herman, and its loose sequel, which also deals with the search for yagé with which this novel concludes, is entitled (*) Queer. This novel is presented as the memoir of its pseudonymous author, William Lee. For 10 points, name these "Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict," the first novel by William S. Burroughs.
This novel alludes to Billy Budd when the protagonist experiences the "orgasm of the hanged man" in a police station.
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