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Junkie

novel by William S. Burroughs
Creative Work Literary Work Q2306586

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
literary work
Inception
1951[8]
Author
William S. Burroughs[2]
Genre
autobiographical fiction[4]
Language of work or name
English[6]
Publication date
1953[9]
Followed by
Queer[5]
Country of origin
United States[7]
Different from
Junky[15]
Form of creative work
novel[16]
Has characteristic
debut novel[13]
Has version, edition or translation
Yonqui[10]
Main subject
addiction[11]
Publisher
Ace Books[3]
Subtitle
Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict[14]
Title
Junkie[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Junkie cs Feťák es Yonqui fr Junky it Junkie it La scimmia sulla schiena ja ジャンキー ko 정키 ru Junkie ru Джанки sv Tjacket uk Наркота zh 毒癮者
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
1172361452
FantLab work ID
17275
Freebase ID
/m/057hlf
Goodreads work ID
24861
ISFDB title ID
110506
LibraryThing work ID
26134
MusicBrainz release group ID
3881db64-b4e1-4850-a297-e284a30953eb
MusicBrainz work ID
8200b45e-4057-465e-b943-ba3991005b17
OCLC number
51086068
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
304295545
Open Library ID
OL258131W

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Author 1
William S. Burroughs
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
William S. Burroughs
Followed by 1
Queer
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Queer
Form of creative work 1
novel
Has characteristic 1
debut novel
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Main subject 1
addiction
Publisher 1
Ace Books
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Summary

Junkie is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

literary work United States William S. Burroughs

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → 1953
    Followed by → Queer
    Publisher → Ace Books
    Form of creative work → novel
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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