{"product_id":"jack-kerouac-king-of-the-beats","title":"Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eJack Kerouac: King of the Beats\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBarry Miles\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780753500590\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVirgin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn conformist 1950s America, Jack Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e was greeted with both delirium and dismay, but in Kerouac's hunt for the big experience and his longing for greatness, he has inspired each successive generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Kerouac is now an icon, and this provocative and intimate portrait of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers, reveals a man full of contradictions, rarely at peace with himself. Barry Miles, friend and official biographer of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, provides a meticulously researched exploration of the complex man and extraordinary writer whose creative mishmash of joyous incoherence, drug-induced ecstasy, genuine mysticism and constant craving has persuaded so many to take to the road.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Virgin Books","offers":[{"title":"Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats | Barry Miles | Paperback | 9780753500590 | Used: Good | Biography 1681506","offer_id":50800933241090,"sku":"1681506","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61h2436GQyL.jpg?v=1792404627","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/jack-kerouac-king-of-the-beats","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}