Fun fact: He shot his common-law wife / fellow beatnick poet in the face and killed her. Even after having such a hard time keeping his story straight (although

Fun fact: He shot his common-law wife / fellow beatnick poet in the face and killed her. Even after having such a hard time keeping his story straight (although in all the many contradicting variations, he clearly admits he was goofing off with a loaded gun and pulled the trigger on purpose), he got a short suspended sentence after his lawyer "accidentally" shot and killed a government official's child who may or may not have been trespassing on his property. Confused? You wouldn't be the only one. Naked Lunch is a story only slightly weirder than the author's real life.