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Jack Kerouac: Angel-Headed Hipster

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In the fifties, the movies had James Dean and Marlon Brando. Rock 'n' roll had Elvis Presley. The American novel had Jack Kerouac. Jack Kerouac was the father of the Beat Generation and the creator of a "spontaneous bop prose" style, which embodied the riffing and improvisation techniques that were used by jazz heroes such as Charlie Parker and Lester Young. In novels like...more

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Published October 1st 1996 by Viking Books (first published 1996)

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Dec 02, 2012 JoHnny Haddo rated it 5 of 5 stars

if ya buy it for the pictures alone, you won't go far wrong _

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Jun 02, 2008 Chris Meger rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fascinating. There is a great deal of mythology wrapped around the Beats, this book both undoes and reinforces that mythology. And Jack Kerouac was a fine looking man, if I do say so myself.

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Mar 29, 2008 Drew Harrington rated it 4 of 5 stars

Read this during a family vacation to Estes Park, Colorado. Quick read with a lot of good photos.

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Nov 06, 2007 Ryan rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: new fans

more of an over-view. fills in some pieces of the puzzle.

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Aug 29, 2012 Mimi rated it 5 of 5 stars

good work but a little bit messy I think...

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Feb 24, 2009 Kristin rated it 5 of 5 stars

GREAT photos!

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About Steve Turner

Steve Turner is an English music journalist, biographer and poet, who grew up in Northamptonshire, England. His first published article was in the Beatles Monthly in 1969. His career as a journalist began as features editor of Beat Instrumental where he interviewed many of the prominent rock musicians of the 1970s. He subsequently freelanced for music papers including NME, Melody Maker and Rolling...more Steve Turner is an English music journalist, biographer and poet, who grew up in Northamptonshire, England. His first published article was in the Beatles Monthly in 1969. His career as a journalist began as features editor of Beat Instrumental where he interviewed many of the prominent rock musicians of the 1970s. He subsequently freelanced for music papers including NME, Melody Maker and Rolling Stone.

During the 1980s he wrote extensively for British newspapers and magazines on a range of subjects as well as producing his study of the relationship between rock music and religion, Hungry For Heaven, and co-authoring U2: Rattle & Hum, the book of the film. In the 1990s he began devoting himself to full-length books, the first being a best selling biography of British music star Cliff Richard, Cliff Richard: The Biography, in 1993, which stayed in the Sunday Times bestseller list for six weeks. At the same time he has written a number of poetry books for both adults and children. The first of his books for children, The Day I Fell Down The Toilet, has now sold over 120,000 copies, and total sales for his children's poetry collection now exceeds 200,000.

His published poetry books for adults are Tonight We Will Fake Love, Nice and Nasty, Up To Date, The King of Twist and Poems. His published poetry collections for children are The Day I Fell Down The Toilet, Dad, You're Not Funny, The Moon Has Got His Pants On, I Was Only Asking and Don't Take Your Elephant To School.

He now combines his book writing and journalism with poetry readings, lecture tours of America and Europe and consultancies. He lives in London.
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