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"Amburn has performed prodigious efforts at hunting down the slowly vanishing sources of oral history surrounding Kerouac...Amburn's harrowing study deserves applause. It faithfully mirrors the writer." --Gary Schmidgall," The Washington Post Book World"
"Beyond sorting out Kerouac's tormented struggle, Amburn has written a work of generous advocacy, forgiving Kerouac's swift slide downward and crediting him with the lyric genius that Kerouac himself and Ginsberg claimed for him in their exalted moments." --Herbert Gold," Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"An absorbing story, at once exhilarating and ineffably sad." --Morris Dickstein," The New York Times Book Review"
"Amburn's crisply drawn and provocative portrait fully conveys the paradoxes of Kerouac's hunger for life, burning creativity, and tragic self-destructiveness." --"Booklist (starred review)"
"Amburn has captured more of the Kerouac essence than many other biographers." --"Charleston Post & Courier"
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Drawing on interviews and his own relationship with Kerouac Amburn has revealed an inner Kerouac who has not appeared in previous biographies, a man torn by his conflicting beliefs and desires. Kerouac always struggled with poverty, his drinking and doubts about his lifestyle, remaining convinced until his death that his homosexuality was immoral.
"Amburn has performed prodigious efforts at hunting down the slowly vanishing sources of oral history surrounding Kerouac...Amburn's harrowing study deserves applause. It faithfully mirrors the writer." --Gary Schmidgall," The Washington Post Book World"
"Beyond sorting out Kerouac's tormented struggle, Amburn has written a work of generous advocacy, forgiving Kerouac's swift slide downward and crediting him with the lyric genius that Kerouac himself and Ginsberg claimed for him in their exalted moments." --Herbert Gold," Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"An absorbing story, at once exhilarating and ineffably sad." --Morris Dickstein," The New York Times Book Review"
"Amburn's crisply drawn and provocative portrait fully conveys the paradoxes of Kerouac's hunger for life, burning creativity, and tragic self-destructiveness." --"Booklist (starred review)"
"Amburn has captured more of the Kerouac essence than many other biographers." --"Charleston Post & Courier"
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Drawing on interviews and his own relationship with Kerouac Amburn has revealed an inner Kerouac who has not appeared in previous biographies, a man torn by his conflicting beliefs and desires. Kerouac always struggled with poverty, his drinking and doubts about his lifestyle, remaining convinced until his death that his homosexuality was immoral.
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