The Finger

'he Felt A Sudden Deep Pity For The Finger Joint That Lay There On The Dresser, A Few Drops Of Blood Gathering Around The White Bone.' A Deliberately Severed Finger, A Junky's Christmas Miracle And A Tangier Con-artist, Among Others, Feature In These Hallucinogenic Sketches And Stories From The Infamous Beat Legend. Penguin Modern: Fifty New Books Celebrating The Pioneering Spirit Of The Iconic Penguin Modern Classics Series, With Each One Offering A Concentrated Hit Of Its Contemporary, International Flavour. Here Are Authors Ranging From Kathy Acker To James Baldwin, Truman Capote To Stanislaw Lem And George Orwell To Shirley Jackson; Essays Radical And Inspiring; Poems Moving And Disturbing; Stories Surreal And Fabulous; Taking Us From The Deep South To Modern Japan, New York's Underground Scene To The Farthest Reaches Of Outer Space.