On the Road

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Viking Press, 1957 - Autobiographical fiction - 310 pages
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Chronicles the way of life of the beat generation as Dean Moriarty speeds across America.

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User Review  - Daniel Lomax - Goodreads

Jack Kerouac is on the road to nowhere. His characters don't develop, his plot doesn't progress, his perspective doesn't challenge (what even is the "new beat" he talks of?). Like Burroughs in Naked ... Read full review

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User Review  - Curtis Penner - Goodreads

Very good. Written in the Beatnik fashion, including the exaggerations used in the talk. This was part of the exploration of the Classics. It IS a candidate for the classics. Many fiction classics are ... Read full review

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