{"product_id":"the-best-minds-of-my-generation-9780141399010","title":"The Best Minds of My Generation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique history of the Beats, in the words of the movement''s most  central member, Allen Ginsberg, based on a seminal series of his  lectures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem ''Howl'', Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation - partly to preserve his own memories of those years. \u003ci\u003eThe Best Minds of My Generation\u003c\/i\u003e presents the best of these candid, intimate and illuminating lectures, revealing Kerouac, Burroughs and the rest of the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors and fellow visionaries in a group who started a revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Marvellous ... spellbinding ... preserving intact the story of the literary movement Ginsberg led, promoted and never ceased to embody'' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An awesome exhaustive feat ... fascinatingly readable'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Astonishingly intimate ... Full of penetrating insight and fascinating literary gossip, the book is a major contribution to the core Beat canon ... situates the Beats in cultural history in a way that no other exploration of their work does'' \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732489056599,"sku":"9780141399010","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141399010.jpg?v=1719997107","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-best-minds-of-my-generation-9780141399010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}