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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



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

Desolation Angels by Kerouac Jack Author ON

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 3 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9780141198262
      978-0141198262
      ISBN-10 0141198265
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      Contemporary Fiction Books by Jack Kerouac

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''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



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

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