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Book Review of The Dharma Bums

The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums
Author: Jack Kerouac
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From back cover: Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State.