Description
'The tender and achingly poetic account of a love affair' Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone
Leo Percepied, aspiring writer and self-styled freewheeling bum, gravitates to the subterraneans, impoverished intellectuals who haunt the bars of San Francisco. One of them is Mardou Fox, beautiful and a little crazy, whose dark eyes, full of suffering and sweetness, find recognition in Leo. But, afraid of his growing involvement, Leo sets out to destroy their love. Written in three days, The Subterraneans is, like all Kerouac's work, closely related to his own life while encapsulating his great vision of America.
About the Author
Jack Kerouac wrote a number of highly influential and popular novels - most famously the international bestseller On the Road - and is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation. As much as anything, he came to represent a philosophy, a way of life. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.
Book Information
ISBN 9780141184890
Author Jack Kerouac
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 89g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 6mm
