A Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143114833)

In this engrossing new piece of Beat history, Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker takes us back to the moment when America's edgiest writers looked to India for answers as India looked to the West. It was 1961 when Allen Ginsberg left New York by boat for Bombay, where he hoped to meet poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. Baker follows Ginsberg and his companions as they travel from ashram to opium den. Exposing an overlooked chapter of the literary past, A Blue Hand will delight all those who continue to cherish the frenzied creativity of the Beats.

Author: Deb Baker
ISBN-10: 0143114832
ISBN-13: 9780143114833
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 02/01/2009 pg. 20