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Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac (Paperback)

by Gerald Nicosia (Author)
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  • Paperback: 767 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press; New edition edition (23 Feb 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0520085698
  • ISBN-13: 978-0520085695
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 839,710 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"["Memory Babe] meshes well with Kerouac's own books, paraphrasing them, putting their story in chronological order and fleshing out the autobiographical legend."--Morris Dickstein, "New York Times Book Review


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The lifestyle and creative talent of Jack Kerouac made him a hero before his premature death in 1969. This critical biography provides an assessment of Kerouac's literary and cultural contributions.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The best biography of Kerouac out there, 25 May 1998
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Memory Babe is probably the most complete Jack Kerouac biography published. Filled to the brim with information about Kerouac and his writing, it also gives the sense that the author had an affinity for Kerouac. This book also differs in that it does not consist of blind hero worship of Kerouac, but reports Kerouac's faults, failures, and in sad fashion, his alcoholism. Even more satisfying is the fact that Nicosia concedes that even Kerouac wrote bad novels once in a while. The only faults in this book are a lack of photos, and occasional continuity screwups, while not severe are annoying. Overall, I repeat my asertion that Memory Babe is the best Jack Kerouac biography published, even better than Ann Charter's biography, Kerouac.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best Kerouac biography., 27 Jun 1998
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I've read just about everything that's been published about Kerouac, and while I've yet to read a truly satisfactory Kerouac biography, I think this one's the best, though it should be read along with Ann Charter's almost as good book.
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