THERE WERE SO MANY DRUGS AROUND THAT, AS  BILL EXPLAINED IT TO KEROUAC,

” THE WHOLE ARRONDISSMENT IS ABOUT TO FLIP AND PROCLAIM A NEW RELIGION. PLAY IT COOL...”

Interzone was the working title of the book we now know as Naked Lunch, but when Maurice Girodias of Olympia press saw the condition of the manuscript he wasn’t impressed. Girodias stated, “It was such a mess that manuscript! You couldn’t physically read the stuff, but whatever caught the eye was extraordinary and dazzling. So I returned it to Allen saying, “Listen, the whole thing has to be reshaped. The ends of the pages were all eaten away by the rats or something...”

VIGGO MORTESSON