“A.J.’s cover story? An international playboy and harmless practical joker. It was A.J. who put the piranha fish in Lady Sutton Smith’s swimming pool and dosed the punch with a mixture of yagé, hashish and yohimbine during a Fourth of July reception at the U.S. Embassy, precipitating an orgy. Ten prominent citizens-American, of course-subsequently died of shame. Dying of shame is an accomplishment peculiar to Kwakiutl Indians and Americans-others simply say “Zut alors” or “Son cosas de la vida or “Allah fucked me, the all Powerful.”
William S. Burroughs, “Naked Lunch”, 1959
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