Paranoid fantasies of control seen through the hallucinations of a junkie going through withdrawal. The political parties of the Interzone satirize the left, right and middle, and the medical profession are no better. (Burroughs had a bug up his ass about the medical profession, for reasons he partly explains in his preface.) Everybody in the book is addicted to either sex, drugs, or power - it's basically about the uses to which addiction can be put by the state. It can be tough going, but concentrate on the central themes and it'll begin to make more sense.
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All pleasure is relief from tension. - William S. Burroughs
Witches have no wit, said the magician who was weak.
Hula, hula, said the witches. - Norman Mailer
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