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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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Beat it
Two deaths made this book possible. First, the fatal stabbing of David Kammerer in 1944, around which this novella revolves like a ghoulish carousel; then the passing in 2005 of Kammerer's attacker, Lucien Carr, which meant publication could finally ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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chicca per appassionati
Più di dieci anni prima di veder pubblicati i loro lavori più noti, Burroughs e Kerouac scrivono a due mani questa storia ispirata a fatti veri. Ci sono dentro la New York di metà anni quaranta, il Village popolato da una umanità "beata e battuta", ovvero il centro dell'universo narrativo della beat ... (continue)
Angelo Dimambro said on Jan 2, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Paperback 214 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 1846141648
- ISBN-13: 9781846141645
- Publisher: Penguin
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2008
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback and Others
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A first stab at Beat
In the summer of 1944 Jack Kerouac was 23, William Burroughs 30. Both were members of a loose New York coterie of artsy dropouts but neither had written anything substantial. Drifting between late-night bars, friends' apartments and union halls, they ... (read full critics)