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On the Road by Jack Kerouac

ISBN: 9780140274158
Release Date: 03 Sep 1998
Average rating: (read by 304 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfillment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new 'Beat' generation. It had tremendous impact on both sides of the Atlantic and made him famous overnight.

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	MrsB
	Rated it 3 months ago

rubbish - but I did give up pretty early, didn't grab me at all

	HJDaugherty
	Rated it 3 months ago

There are some beautiful phrases in here - wonderful descriptions of certain experiences in America at the time. The classic road book. Thought it drug a bit in the middle, but overall a very good read.

	Luke1972
	Rated it 4 months ago

This is a book people had suggested I read and that had made me weary of reading it incase I didn't like it. However I eneded up enjoying it a LOT more than I thought I would.

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