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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (MP3 CD)

by Jack Kerouac (Author), William S. Burroughs (Author), Ray Porter (Narrator)
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  • MP3 CD: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; MP3 Una edition (11 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1433249138
  • ISBN-13: 978-1433249136
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars interesting, yes., 6 Nov 2008
By Colin J. Herd "colin j herd" (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (Penguin Classics) (Hardcover)
If, like me, you are a big fan of Burroughs and Kerouac's eh 'solo efforts'; if you have raced through 'On The Road' while pitifully short on gas, and shot up on 'Junk' when you knew you shouldn't; if you have searched through 'Cities of the Red Night';if you have broken down in 'Big Sur' and shifted your way through all those frozen moments of 'Naked Lunch' then you will probably want to buy this book. It is the heretofore unpublished collaboration from 1944 between these two greats of Twentieh Century Literature, written as alternating chapters, one by Burroughs followed by one by Kerouac and on like that, from the point of view of William Dennison and Mike Ryko respectively. It tells the story of a crime from the point of view of two mixed up in it. It is apparently based on actual events. I wouldn't call it a work of juvenalia exactly, there is a lot to like here, but it doesn't reach the heights (or the depths) of either writer's later stylistic flourishes. It is in fact a pretty conventional novel. The main enjoyment for me was in seeing the differences between the two writers even at this embryonic stage, spotting the germs of what they would become. But I don't want to dissuade anyone from buying this at ALL! If you like the two writers' work then buy it by all means. I really enjoyed reading it. All I would say is 'Don't start here' if you've never before read Burroughs or Kerouac.
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