Tuesday, Aug 26, 2014

William Burroughs most famous work boasts one of the literary world's most renowned titles: NAKED LUNCH. In fact, the person to thank for that title is Jack Kerouac. Burroughs intended to call his book INTERZONE (after the 'International Zone' in Tangiers where he wrote most of it). Then he changed his mind and re-titled it NAKED LUST. One day Kerouac visited Burroughs at his home in Morocco and spotted the manuscript laying on a nearby table. He misread the title and thought the book was called Naked LUNCH. Burroughs was so enamored and delighted with that idea that he adopted the title -- and a literary classic was born.