Book description
Desolation Angels
is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack
Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road
, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his
thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William
Burroughs. As they hitch, hop freight trains, walk and talk their way
across the world, from California to Mexico, London to Paris and on to
opium-ridden Tangiers, Kerouac chronicles their poetry, partying,
mountain vigils and spiritual contemplation with unsurpassable energy
and humanity. 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.
