Word Virus: The William Burroughs ReaderWilliam Burroughs was one of post war Americas most controversial and influential writers. This is the authoritative, indispensable anthology of his greatest work. Beginning early in William Burroughs career with Junky, Queer and a novel co authored with Jack Kerouac, Word Virus follows his trajectory through the major novels including Naked Lunch to his final book, My Education, a series of meditations on his own extraordinary dream life.