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Generally acknowledged to be the first Beat novel, go was originally published in 1952, five years before Kerouac's On the Road. John Clellon Holmes became the Beat Generation's chief chronicler.--Newsweek.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1560251441
ISBN13:9781560251446
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Thunder's Mouth Press
Length:311 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Early Beat Chronicles
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
The author has been generally ignored as to his place in the formative years of Beat-O-Roma, and this book becomes a good background check on his impressive"credentials". He certainly can't write with that jazz laced pen which Keroauc used to set the toneof beat writings, but his story really sheds a lot of light upon the struggles which this anarcisticmovement bestowed upon its followers.All in all, if you like beat culture you will probabley find this to be an enjoyable read.
No better chronicle of daily BEAT life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
as the above says, I have not encountered a novel that offered a better look into the daily lives of the beats from a "sort of" outsiders point of view.
This book is one of the best I have ever rea
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I think that when it comes to the beat generation there is no other book to cronicle it. GO really gives you the base charactarization that can allow you to understand even further the other beat generation works. Especially allen ginsberg, and jack kerouac.
Must read Beat Generation history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
First novel, based on actual events, to actually open the window shades on the Beats. Ginsburg, Kerouac, they're all in here. Feel what it was like living in New York in the early 50's with all the hip-cats. Go, man, go
Excellent early-Beat background around Columbia University.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
If you love the Beat writers, this early novel (published in '52) will please you. It portrays Beat development in late '40s Manhattan. The main characters are Ginsberg, Kerouac and Holmes before they were famous
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