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The classic novel from the definitive voice of the Beat Generation, Desolation Angels is the story of Kerouac's life just before the publication of On the Road--as told through his fictional self--Jack Duluoz. As he hitches, walks, and talks his way across the world, Duluoz perceives the angel... read more

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THOSE AFTERNOONS, those lazy afternoons, when I used to sit, or lie down, on Desolation Peak, sometimes on the alpine grass, hundreds of miles of snowcovered rock all around, looming Mount Hozomeen on my north, vast snowy Jack to the south,

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  1. Jack Kerouac (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
ISBN: 978-1573225052
Page Count: 409

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