Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero
ISBN-10:
1556526156
ISBN-13:
9781556526152
Author(s): Sandison, David; Vickers, Graham
Edition: First Edition
Description:
This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. A charismatic, funny, articulate, and formidably intelligent man, Cassady was also a compulsive womanizer who lived life on the edge. His naturalistic, conversational writing style inspired Kerouac, who lifted a number of passages verbatim and uncredited from Cassady’s letters for significant episodes in On the Road. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with full cooperation from central figures in his lifeincluding Carolyn Cassady and Ken Keseythis account captures Cassady’s unique blend of inspired lunacy and deep spirituality.
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