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John Clellon Holmes author James Atlas editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:30th Mar '06

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The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Published two months before Kerouac began ON THE ROAD, GO is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. In lucid fictional prose designed to capture the events, emptions and essence of his experience, Holmes describes an individualistic post-World II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze, discussions, drugs and sex punctuate life.

ISBN: 9780141188393

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm

Weight: 258g

352 pages