• Confessions of an English Opium Eater with Will Self

  • Sep 29 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
  • Podcast

Confessions of an English Opium Eater with Will Self

  • Summary

  • Thomas de Quincey & William S. Burroughs in Soho. The novelist Will Self joins Henry in London to explore the opium dreams and heroin nightmares of Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater and William S. Burrough’s Junky. They walk from Oxford Street to Covent Garden, and along the way they also discuss The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley and Will’s own 2019 drugs memoir, Will.

     

    2022 is the 200th anniversary of the book publication of Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

     

    Penguin Classics edition of Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34581/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-by-thomas-de-quincey-ed--barry-milligan/9780140439014

    https://apple.co/3SDKmZI

     

    Naxos audiobook of Confessions of an English Opium Eater, read by Gunnar Cauthery

    https://naxosaudiobooks.com/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-unabridged/

    https://apple.co/3SgGjTB

     

    Penguin Modern Classics edition of Junky by William S. Burroughs

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57608/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-intro-oliver-harris/9780141189826

    https://apple.co/3UIuIOz

     

    W. F. Howes audiobook of Junky read by Mark Nelson

    https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781471212291

    https://apple.co/3ReJ3zt

     

    Will Self

    https://will-self.com/

     

    Will by Will Self

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176727/will-by-self-will/9780141046402

    https://apple.co/3r89gVZ

     

    W. F. Howes audiobook of Will, read by Will Self

    https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781528888219

    https://apple.co/3r8QZrh

     

    The Colony Room Club – in pictures

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/13/from-francis-bacon-to-tracey-emin-soho-historic-colony-room-club-in-pictures

     

    William S. Burroughs and the Moka Bar

    https://www.openculture.com/2014/12/how-william-s-burroughs-shut-down-londons-first-espresso-bar-1972.html


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