Naked Lunch | Characters
Just as Jennie Skerl has observed that the subject of Naked Lunch "is a state of mind" and the "action is the flow of consciousness" in the author's mind, the "characters" are not traditionally developed recognizable personages as much as manifestations of William. Burroughs's own psyche. As he himself makes clear, in an utterance repeated to various extents in other novels, "Sooner or later The Vigilante, The Rube, Lee the Agent, Clem and Jody the Ergot Twins, Hassan O'Leary the Afterbirth Tycoon, The Sailor, The Exterminator, Andrew Keif, 'Fats' Terminal, Doc Benway, 'Fingers'...
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