Naked Lunch

by William S. Burroughs
In the County Clerk’s story about Brad (a gay jeweler from Cunt Lick, Texas), Jim is the “hustler” that Brad meets in prison. Brad and Jim fall in love and move in together upon their release. One day, Lady Bradshinkel, the old woman who originally got Brad sent to prison for counterfeit jewelry, shows up at their apartment and offers to fund a jewelry-making studio to Brad. Overcome by “forces of evil,” Brad and Jim kill Lady Bradshinkel and then cook and eat her vagina for supper.
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Jim Character Timeline in Naked Lunch

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14. Ordinary Men and Women
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While he is in prison, Brad meets a “hustler” named Jim. Brad and Jim fall in love and once they are released, get an apartment together... (full context)