CONTENTS
NOTE ON METHOD
PREFACE
Prologue The Induction: 1983
1 St. Louis: 1914–1931
2 Los Alamos: 1929–1932
3 Cambridge: 1932–1938
4 New York: 1939–1941
5 Chicago and New York: 1942–1944
6 “And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks”: 1944
7 Junk: 1945–1946
8 Texas: 1947–1948
9 Louisiana: 1948–1949
10 Mexico: 1949–1952
11 Colombia: 1953
12 Tangier: 1954–1958
13 Paris: 1958–1960
14 Naked Lunch: 1959–1966
15 Burroughs Meets Leary: 1960–1961
16 Burroughs at Large: 1962–1965
17 The London Years: 1966–1973
18 New York: 1974–1976
19 Billy: 1974–1981
20 The Bunker: 1976–1981
21 Lawrence: 1981–1988
22 The Final Years: 1988–1997
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES
NOTES
INDEX
PHOTO INSERT
Chicago and New York: 1942–1944
“And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks”: 1944
Burroughs Meets Leary: 1960–1961
Burroughs at Large: 1962–1965
