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The Portable Jack Kerouac (Viking Portable Library) (Paperback)

by Jack Kerouac (Author), Ann Charters (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc USA; Reissue; Open Market Ed edition (Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140178198
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140178197
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,194,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Well edited, but it has continuity issues, 16 Jun 1999
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This collection is wonderfully edited. There are no major breaks in the plot and Ann Charters commentary provides a good context to understand the book (e.g. she provides a table that matches character names to actual people). However, since the books were written out of order, the immensely different writing styles of Kerouac's different novels do not mesh well at times. It is fine for somebody who has had previous exposure to Kerouac's writing and now wants a survey of all his different styles, but I would generally recommend buying the individual books.
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