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Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats Paperback - 1999

by Barry Miles


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In conformist 1950s America, Jack Kerouac's On the Road was greeted with dismay by the traditionalists and with delirium by those who craved the freedom he symbolized and the universe he created. Ever since, his hunt for the big experience and his longing for greatness have turned him into an icon. Barry Miles, a friend of Kerouac's, provides a portrait of this complex figure whose joyous incoherence, drug-induced ecstasy, genuine mysticism and constant craving has inspired many to take to the road.

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  • Title Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
  • Author Barry Miles
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Virgin Pap
  • Pages 396
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Virgin Books, London
  • Date 1999
  • ISBN 9780753500590 / 0753500590
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.06 x 1.02 in (19.76 x 12.85 x 2.59 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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"[Mile's] mastery of Beat Generation know-how must surely be unrivalled."
 --Sunday Telegraph

About the author

BARRY MILES is a bestselling author of numerous biographies and cultural histories of the Beat Generation luminaries, The Beatles, the sixties movements and its musicians. He lives in London and France.
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