Synopses & Reviews
All the components of the Jack Kerouac legend are here: the excesses of alcohol and drugs; the soul-searching; the characters Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr, John Clellon Holmes and William Burroughs, Jack's mother, Gabrielle, and the other women in Kerouac's life. There is also a record of the travels that became the basis for On the Road and Visions of Cody, the death-shrouded childhood that became Mexico City Blues and Tristessa, and the stupor of fame that weighed on him as he tried to articulate his torments in Big Sur.
Review
"Here at last is the essence of Kerouac. I was unable to put it down." Carolyn Cassady
Review
"Simply the best...the only one that can recognize and recount 'how it was' for this singularly gifted and begrudged man" Robert Creeley
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"The only book about Kerouac worth reading." San Francisco Chronicle
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.