A. J. Lees' "Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment" (2016/2017)

Honiton, Devon, England: Notting Hill Editions Ltd. (book, biography), 2016/2017.
7.5" x 4.75" x 0.75", 214 pages, hardcover without dust-jacket as issued, ISBN 978-1-910749-10-4.

Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment by A. J. Lees, as published by Notting Hill Editions Ltd. (Honiton, Devon, England) in 2016, and republished in 2017. The copy shown is the 2017 edition. Foreword by James Grauerholz

From the back of the book: "A fascinating account by one of the world's leading neurologists of the profound influence of William Burroughs on his medical career. Lees relates how Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, inspired him to discover a ground-breaking treatment for Parkinson's Disease. Lees journeys to the Amazonian rainforest in search of cures, and through self-experimentation seeks to find answers his patients crave. He enters a powerful plea for the return of imagination to medical research."

This contains an image of Burroughs by Harriet Crowder.

Burroughs is quoted on the front cover.

Contents: 

• Foreword by James Grauerholz
• Preface
• 1. Synchronicity
• 2. Doctor Benway
• 3. Magic Bullet
• 4. Looking for Clues
• 5. Hanging Out with the Molecules
• 6. The Speed Laboratory
• 7. Contraband
• 8. Crushed Hopes
• 9. Rainforest Science
• 10. Breakthrough
• 11. The Junk Vaccine
• 12. Hooked on the Medicine
• 13. The Bladerunner
• 14. Yagé Trip
• 15. Altamirage
• Acknowledgments
• Select Bibliography