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Line 12: − + + + − − Burroughs was a lifelong heroin addict and after his parents died he became a dealer to finance his habit. He was a disturbed and psychotic person who once cut off part of one of his fingers to give to a man with whom he was infatuated.
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==Links with Pedophilia==
==Links with Pedophilia==
After shooting his wife, Burroughs escaped to Tangier in Morocco where he stayed with a pimp who supplied boy prostitutes for rich customers from Europe. The place suited him down to the ground especially as drugs were freely available. His novels are full of allusions to pederastic behaviour and homosexual fantasies.
After shooting his wife, Burroughs escaped to Tangier in Morocco where he stayed with a pimp who supplied boy prostitutes for rich customers from Europe. The place suited him down to the ground especially as drugs were freely available. In Mexico and Colombia he found it easy to purchase the services of young rent-boys with his powerful dollar. “The Mexican boys cost Burroughs three pesos apiece.” <ref>Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays, edited by Oliver C. G. Harris, Ian MacFadyen, SIU Press, 2009 p.94.</ref>
His novels are full of allusions to pederastic behaviour and homosexual fantasies.
He was a close associate of the homosexual pedophile [[Allen Ginsberg]] who shared his tastes and activities. Some of the things they did to Arab boys are too horrifying to be described here. <ref>http://worldnewstrust.com/beat-writer-pedophiles-and-the-white-male-leftists-who-love-them-mickey-z</ref>
He was a close associate of the homosexual pedophile [[Allen Ginsberg]] who shared his tastes and activities. Some of the things they did to Arab boys are too horrifying to be described here. <ref>http://worldnewstrust.com/beat-writer-pedophiles-and-the-white-male-leftists-who-love-them-mickey-z</ref>
==Works and Critical Reputation==
==Works and Critical Reputation==