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so I've read a few of Jack Kerouac's novels:
On the Road x3 (was big fan of this book when I was younger)
Big Sur x2 (probably my fave... you feel the man falling apart)
The Dharma Bums
Desolation Angels
I have a hankering to read another of his, and I have a copy of The Town and the City on my shelf.
Is there a gem in his catalogue that I'm not aware of?
>Yes, I'm aware that some of you are ~too sophisticated~ to read ~that crap~ ... pls go to another thread then

>> No.17281201

I'll probably read all of his novels at some point.
Subterraneans is great if you can get used to the style
Book of Dreams is some schizo shit, definitely check it out.
Maggie Cassidy is nice
Desolation Angels I have not read, but would most likely be like Big Sur from what I've heard.

Satori in Paris and Vanity in Duloz were written much later, so if he wasn't sauced out of his mind, which he was, then they may be insightful. Weird to see the long gap in between writing, but he was a mess towards the end. Poor guy, great writer.

>> No.17281253

>>17281201
thanks anon. maybe I'll give Subterraneans a go.
yeah it seems he became a poster child of how alcoholism can destroy a life.
>Desolation Angels
probably my least favourite. I don't remember exactly why but I found it a bit boring / not up to his typical level of fun madness

>> No.17281258

I love Kerouac. Dharma Bums and On The Road are my fave. Still need to read the rest

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I'd recommend this, it's short and really quite good for a book written by some random guy on twitter.

>> No.17281329

Read the 2 books by his daughter, she lived a depressing life

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>>17281258
there's something magical in his writing style. I find his work a rush to read.
>>17281319
ty. title is catchy :)
>>17281329
had no idea his daughter was a writer

>> No.17281482

>>17281469
>had no idea his daughter was a writer
Has her own voice too, not just someone who whines about her famous father. I’d definitely recommend checking them out.

>> No.17281570

maggie cassady is mediocre desu

>> No.17281648

>>17281172
How is spontaneous prose different from stream of consciousness?

>> No.17281672

>>17281648
Prose is multiple perspectives as apposed to a singular concious voice.

>> No.17281986

>>17281172
Am I the only one who just feels sad for the guy? I watched him in interviews and he was so charming. He seemed like a genuine dude. I can’t tell where fiction and biography begins and ends with him and I get that it’s naive to think he didn’t do some pretty shady shit in his vagabond days but on the whole I sense he had great and earnest empathy and that it wasn’t an act. I know guys like him, most of them blue collar, and thank God they straightened out. But they are loud and boisterous and crack jokes especially the kind that embarrass certain pearl clutching sensitivities but they also are there to help you out and don’t mind tagging along for a good ride and are genuinely good in a kind of way that the posturing “good” people often aren’t.