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Description edit
Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different form for On the Road.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Cody Pomeray: Add a description of this character.
- Jack
- Huck
- Irwin
- Evelyn
- Joanna
- Tom Watson
- Julien
- Vicki
- Johnson
- Jimmy Low
- Lester
- Joan Rawshanks
- Nick
- Adams
- Duluoz
- Lowell
- Bull
- Josephine
- Hubbard
- Val Hayes
- Harper
- Phil Blackman
- Mike
- Dave
- Billie Holliday
- Elly
- James
- Marie
- Lionel
- Ruth
- Deni
- Joe
- Coleman
- Moe
- Danny
- Stephanie
- Wilson
- Leon Errol
- Helen
- Lulu
- Marian
- Pedro
Setting & Locations edit
- Denver
- New York
- Frisco
- South America
- Mexico City
- California
- Texas
- Chicago
- Hollywood
- Colorado
- Nebraska
- Brooklyn
- Iowa
- San Francisco
- Boston
- New Orleans
- Washington
- Russia
- North Carolina
- Missouri
- Wyoming
- Indiana
- Finistra
- Houston
- New Mexico
- Main Street
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- Kansas
- Utah
- Ohio
- Paris
- Singapore
- St. Louis
- Omaha
- Little Harlem
- United States
- Africa
- South Main
- Provo
- Alabama
- Jamaica
- Alameda
- Columbia
First Sentence edit
THIS IS AN OLD DINER like the ones Cody and his father ate in, long ago, with that oldfashioned railroad car ceiling and sliding doors-the board where bread is cut is worn down fine as if with bread dust and a plane; the icebox ("Say I got some nice homefries tonight Cody!") is a huge brownwood thing with oldfashioned pull-out handles, windows, tile walls, full of lovely pans of eggs, butter pats, piles of bacon-old lunchcarts always have a dish of sliced raw onions ready to go on hamburgs.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Kerouac (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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