{"product_id":"desolation-angels-jack-kerouac-9781573225052","title":"Desolation Angels","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac featuring \"one of the most true, comic, and grizzly journeys in American literature\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e)--now in a new edition \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1965, this autobiographical novel covers a key year in Jack Kerouac's life--the period that led up to the publication of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003ein September of 1957. After spending two months in the summer of 1956 as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington, Kerouac's fictional self Jack Duluoz comes down from the isolated mountains to the wild excitement of the bars, jazz clubs, and parties of San Francisco, before traveling on to Mexico City, New York, Tangiers, Paris, and London. Duluoz attempts to extricate himself from the world but fails, for one must \"live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.\" \u003ci\u003eDesolation Angels \u003c\/i\u003eis quintessential Kerouac.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573225053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573225052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.14w x 1.13d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051346161919,"sku":"9781573225052","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e7cb7a6-405a-4594-a3c2-c652de1d5bee.jpg?v=1685012542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desolation-angels-jack-kerouac-9781573225052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}