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Go: A Novel
Go A Novel
Author: John Clellon Holmes
The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady. Drafted two months before Jack Kerouac began On The Road, Go is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives lived by the Beats before they became public figures. In honest, lucid fictional prose desi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560251446
ISBN-10: 1560251441
Publication Date: 10/1997
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Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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Thinly fictionalized account of the founders of the "beat generation" in their early times before fame brought them a wider audience. Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady and others, all under pseudonyms, figure prominently in this engrossing story of daily life on the edge of something they knew they wanted but were striving to understand and explain. Highly recommended for students of that era.


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