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Desolation Angels

Jack Kerouac author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:3rd May '12

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'One of the most true, comic and grizzly journeys in American literature' Time

Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. As they hitch, hop freight trains, walk and talk their way across the world, from California to Mexico, London to Paris and on to opium-ridden Tangiers, Kerouac chronicles their poetry, partying, mountain vigils and spiritual contemplation with unsurpassable energy and humanity.

'Nerve-jangling, sentimental, sincere and funny' Sunday Times

Nerve-jangling, sentimental, sincere and funny * Sunday Times *
One of the most true, comic and grizzly journeys in American literature * Time *

ISBN: 9780141198262

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 19mm

Weight: 279g

384 pages