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The William Burroughs Experiment


  • Notting Hill Editions (Durnell)
  • by A.J. Lees
In this extraordinary memoir, neuroscientist Andrew Lees explains how William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, played an unlikely part in his medical career. Lees draws on Burroughs search for an addiction cure to discover a ground-breaking treatment for shaking palsy, and learns how to use the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes to diagnose patients.

ISBN 9781910749104 | E | HB
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Publisher Notting Hill Editions (Durnell)
ISBN 9781910749104
Author(s) A.J. Lees
Publication date May 2016
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 190 x 119 mm
Pages 192
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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In this extraordinary memoir, neuroscientist Andrew Lees explains how William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, played an unlikely part in his medical career. Lees draws on Burroughs search for an addiction cure to discover a ground-breaking treatment for shaking palsy, and learns how to use the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes to diagnose patients. Lees follows Burroughs into the rainforest and under the influence of yagé (ayahuasca) gains insights that encourage him to pursue new lines of pharmacological research and explore new forms of science.