Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (601 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312145314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 435 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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of photos.. In this first biography of Jack Kerouac to fully portray the intense inner life that inspired his work, Kerouac's last editor addresses the writer's homosexual relationships with men, and sheds a new light on their profound impact upon his life
But his strongest emotions focused on an artistic high school friend, Sammy Sampas, whose physical advances Jack ultimately rejected and forever mourned. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and other beat originals helped him indulge the homosexual side of his nature. Friendships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Kerouac often insisted that "every word I write is true," but Amburn readers discover a man tortured by the dueling sides of his own divided nature. Yet the internal conflicts raged, and running along with them were Kerouac's Benzedrine and alcohol addictions. While Amburn's biography is rich with the salacious adventures of hipsterism (trysts with Ginsberg between parked trucks in Greenwich Village; the frenetic cross-country trips immortalized in
Five Stars Allen Horne Best read under water so that you can echo the subterranean motif that actually is nonexistent in the book.. Four Stars Calamity and chaos followed the first beatniks wherever they went. Ellis Amburn tells us why.. A Flawed But Valuable Kerouac Biography Gregg Robinson Ellis Amburn's thesis is that Kerouac's personality and art were shaped by his struggle to reconcile his macho side with his latent homosexuality. His argument is not altogether convincing but thankfully it is basically a minor theme in what is otherwise an excellent biography. And Amburn