This author wrote a work in which a panhandler is 
This author wrote a work in which a panhandler is appointed Secretary of State and a baboon is appointed to the Supreme Court. That piece, "Roosevelt After Inauguration", is in a collection with "I Am Dying, Meester?", which is an early demonstration of a technique this author developed with Brion Gysin. The Mugwumps and Reptiles fight in a work by this author of the (*) Yage Letters. This author, who rearranged texts in his cut-up technique, wrote a novel whose protagonist works for Islam Incorporated during his visit to a land ruled by Dr. Benway. Later in that novel, the Interzone, which is loosely inspired by Tangiers, is visited by that protagonist, William Lee. For 10 points, name this author of Naked Lunch, a member of the Beat generation.
This author wrote a work in which a panhandler is appointed Secretary of State and a baboon is appointed to the Supreme Court.
William S. Burroughs [or William Seward Burroughs II; or William Lee until it is read]