Before his 1959 breakthrough, Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junkie, his first novel. It is a candid eye-witness account of times and places that are now long gone, an unvarnished field report from the American post-war underground. Junkie was written in a time where these topics were ignored or censured. With its existence, it allowed many to better understand the complex reality of addiction. Its exploration into the heart of freewill is one of the simplest yet most powerful I’ve ever read, and it is one that is vital to uphold and study if one is interested in such things as perspective and curiosity.