{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7594cf0b-3a29-4742-83a5-c1abe1d1acd5/6332c33dad24430013e3d36d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Confessions of an English Opium Eater with Will Self","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60f5d46f63b7af518a961c87/show-cover.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Thomas de Quincey &amp; 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 <em>Confessions of an English Opium Eater </em>and William S. Burrough’s <em>Junky</em>. They walk from Oxford Street to Covent Garden, and along the way they also discuss <em>The Diary of a Drug Fiend </em>by Aleister Crowley and Will’s own 2019 drugs memoir, <em>Will</em>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2022 is the 200th anniversary of the book publication of <em>Confessions of an English Opium Eater</em>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Penguin Classics edition of <em>Confessions of an English Opium Eater </em>by Thomas de Quincey</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34581/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-by-thomas-de-quincey-ed--barry-milligan/9780140439014\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34581/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-by-thomas-de-quincey-ed--barry-milligan/9780140439014</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/3SDKmZI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/3SDKmZI</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Naxos audiobook of <em>Confessions of an English Opium Eater</em>,<em> </em>read by Gunnar Cauthery</p><p><a href=\"https://naxosaudiobooks.com/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-unabridged/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://naxosaudiobooks.com/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-unabridged/</a></p><p>https://apple.co/3SgGjTB</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Penguin Modern Classics edition of <em>Junky </em>by William S. Burroughs</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57608/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-intro-oliver-harris/9780141189826\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57608/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-intro-oliver-harris/9780141189826</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/3UIuIOz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/3UIuIOz</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>W. F. Howes audiobook of <em>Junky</em> read by Mark Nelson</p><p><a href=\"https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781471212291\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781471212291</a></p><p>https://apple.co/3ReJ3zt</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Will Self</p><p><a href=\"https://will-self.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://will-self.com/</a></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Will </em>by Will Self</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176727/will-by-self-will/9780141046402\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176727/will-by-self-will/9780141046402</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/3r89gVZ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/3r89gVZ</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>W. F. Howes audiobook of<em> Will</em>, read by Will Self</p><p><a href=\"https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781528888219\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781528888219</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/3r8QZrh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/3r8QZrh</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Colony Room Club –&nbsp;in pictures</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/13/from-francis-bacon-to-tracey-emin-soho-historic-colony-room-club-in-pictures\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/13/from-francis-bacon-to-tracey-emin-soho-historic-colony-room-club-in-pictures</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>William S. Burroughs and the Moka Bar</p><p><a href=\"https://www.openculture.com/2014/12/how-william-s-burroughs-shut-down-londons-first-espresso-bar-1972.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.openculture.com/2014/12/how-william-s-burroughs-shut-down-londons-first-espresso-bar-1972.html</a></p>","author_name":"Penguin Random House UK"}