Doctor Sax
$20.53
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
4 July 2012
Summary
Jack Kerouac called Doctor Sax, the enigmatic figure who haunted his boyhood imagination, ‘my ghost, personal angel, private shadow, secret lover’. In this extraordinary autobiographical account of growing up in Lowell, Massachussetts, told through his fictional alter ego Jack Duluoz, he mingles real people and events with fantastical figures to capture the accents, scents, sights and texture of his childhood- playing among the river weeds and railroad tracks, going to church, witnessing life…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141198248 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141198249 |
| Author: | Jack Kerouac |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 169g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Kerouac’s best book
Kerouac’s best book * Time *Spooky and tender with stretches of sheer phosphorescent fantasy, Doctor Sax has a vigour and a thirst for life … one of the gems of modern literature * Rolling Stone *
About The Author
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his Mother. Kerouac’s best known works are On the Road and The Dharma Bums.
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