Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation, And America
by Dennis Mcnally
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Author: Dennis McnallyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03
ISBN: 0306812223
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: A living, freewheeling account of life's ultimate beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a biography, but as the fluid phrases turn and the images flow, you are transported into the time and space inhabited by Kerouac, and his band of unruly "beats." The reproduction of NYC locales where Kerouac hung out are painstakingly recorded in this book...you could make a checklist of buildings, streets, and landmarks to visit in Manhattan so that you know where to tread where the great Piscean hipster had once tread. McNally adores every character in this tale, but his adoration seldom gets in the way of his unbiased depiction. I could be mistaken, but he even adopts some of Kerouac's run-on writing techniques to parallel this portrayal with a stylistic homage.
As a snobby lit major and aspiring writer, I was skeptical about whether a History scholar could entice me with a lively writing style, or could do justice to the life of a great writer. McNally has done both with sheer brilliance. The words sparkle, the images shock, comfort, and familiarize you within this strange world. This is not a dull, turgid historical text. It is a living, freewheeling account of life's ultimate beauty through the pathos and elation of it all. Buy the damn book!
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