Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

After finish the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I picked up one of the most important books written recently Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, the book is a mix of drug paranoia, funny vignettes about odd people with odd names, and horrific detailings of how addiction effects everyones life and that everyone is addicted to something whether it's drugs or money and that addiction will ruin your life. I've only read the first vignette of the book which was left untitled and was a runthrough of the different peoples involved in the drug culture and the many drugs (C,H,M) that dominate the lives of the addicted. The first vignette is told in a harsh almost biographical and could serve as a precursor to future novels by Vonnegut, Kerouac and Thompson. The next vignette is much darker about Dr. Benway who is employed by Istanbul Inc. a fictional company who pays Benway to go to the fictional country of Annexia and set up a police-state. Even though Benway steadfastly denies his involvement in the use of torture he continue to torture the citizens of Annexia. The book at times is hard to follow, but it's disturbing themes and detail offer a polarizing view of the ill-fated life of junkies.