Jack Kerouac: A Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560253570)

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. This edition is newly revised with a new introduction by the author.

Author: Tom Clark
ISBN-10: 1560253576
ISBN-13: 9781560253570
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2001
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d