The hearing included testimony in support of the work by Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer.

The Appeals Court found the book did not violate obscenity statutes, as it was found to have some social value. The book was banned in Boston in 1962 due to obscenity (notably child murder and acts of pedophilia), making it among the last works to be banned in that city, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. It was one of the more recent American books over which an obscenity trial was held. Extremely controversial in both its subject matter and its use of obscene language (something Burroughs recognised and intended), the book was banned in Boston and Los Angeles in the United States,and several European publishers were harassed. Naked Lunch is considered Burroughs' seminal work, and one of the landmark publications in the history of American literature. 'The Naked Lunch is a book of beauty, great difficulty and maniacally exquisite insight' - Norman Mailer. A book in Near Fine condition with a slight lean and odd speckle to top edge, in a Very Good dust-jacket with one tiny nick to rear top edge, slight edge creasing and a little rubbing, but which is not price-clipped (showing '42s'). Naked Lunch Plot Summary Share Summary The United States and Mexico Naked Lunch begins with the narrator, also known as William Lee or just Lee, as he tries to evade New York City police. Originally published in English by Olympia Press in 1959, and subsequently by Grove Press, New York in 1962, Sugar Editore, Milan, 1963 and Editions Gallimard, Paris in 1964. Naked Lunch William Burroughs Study Guide Documents Q&As Discussions Download a PDF to print or study offline. Clear, removable, archival protective cover fitted to the illustrated dust-jacket, lettered in red and black. Extremely controversial in both its subject matter and its use of obscene language (something Burroughs recognized and intended), the book was banned in Boston and Los Angeles in the United States, and several European publishers were harassed.

Publisher's beige paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Naked Lunch is considered Burroughs' seminal work. First Edition, first impression, in Great Britain.

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs