Jack Kerouac’s contested legacy
Dismissed in later life as a “mystic boob”, the Beat novelist still haunts modern American mythology.
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Dismissed in later life as a “mystic boob”, the Beat novelist still haunts modern American mythology.
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By Douglas KennedyLawrence Osborne's new book, set in Cambodia, grapples with manifold questions about identity.
By Douglas Kennedy