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    <body><![CDATA[Of the many Beat writers, Burroughs and Kerouac are the two who I’ve read the most and who’s writing has had the most impact on me.  Of the two, I like Burroughs’ writing more but find I identify more with Kerouac’s.<br/><br/>The first Kerouac book I read was <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On The Road</a></em>.  I was in college...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20551810">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I, like many others, found Desolation Angels after reading On The Road.  <br/>If you're expecting this to be an off-shoot of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On The Road</a>, you'd be wrong.<br/>This book is a journey into the mind of Kerouac.  Some call him genius, some madman, but I don't think you can truly define him in any one c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5231653">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favourite Kerouac book so far. If there is a continuum of idealism, which starts from 'On the Road' and on through 'The Dharma Bums', it is at this book (which follows on from 'The Dharma Bums') that the cracks are really beginning to appear in Jack Kerouac's experience.<br/><br/>Yet to put it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60216547">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know if I'm outgrowing Kerouac, but I definitely got that feeling when I started this book. There's something lacking in exurberance, like Kerouac's winding down. <br/>Solitude Vs Wildness atop Mt Desolation Kerouac enjoys the peace &amp; solitude but as soon as he's back into the fold of Cassa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73533240">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find this to be Kerouac's most complete work. It ranges the whole gamut of human emotion, from complete ecstasy at living the beat life, to utter despair when contemplating the horror and ultimate meaningless of worldly existence or maya... while all of Kerouac's work is honest, I get a sense that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59375227">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Desolation Angels starts where Kerouac left us at the end of The Dharma Bums. On Desolation Peak. Although the two books kind of flow into each other you will notice that Kerouac has changed. After the thrilling and fervid On The Road he became more quiet and meditative. He still has that excitement...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43125648">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you’re looking for something similar to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On The Road</a> or The Dharma Bums from Kerouac, I would advise you not to read this book. It is much more moody and inside Kerouac’s mind. Perhaps it’s Kerouac’s <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7437.Naked_Lunch_The_Restored_Text" title="Naked Lunch  The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs">Naked Lunch</a>, in a way. In Desolation Angels, Kerouac survives two months on a mountaing, l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41709107">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   <br/> ON THE ROAD...with Mom                <br/><br/>This book may come as a real shock to those whom have a preconcieved notion about what the &quot;Beats&quot; were all about, and it may also be a shock for those more familiar with the jubilant ecstatic life affirmations of On The Road or e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40332897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very fragmented book. I have to admit that Part 1, &quot;Desolation on the Mountain,&quot; was the most difficult to get into. There are probably multiple reasons for that, including Kerouac's sometimes obscure allusions to Buddhist thought, and maybe also Kerouac's effort to describe an e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29711391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All of the usual Beat characters that compose Kerouac's books are in Desolation Angels. The novel begins with Kerouac's autobiographical character Jack Duluoz on top of Desolation Peak and eventually coming down from the mountain and reuniting with all of his writer friends. What makes the novel som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57046888">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite simply the best book I've ever read.  This book represents Jack at the pinnacle of both his literary and spiritual heights, which to me is no coincidence that they coincide.  These two seemingly separate endeavors were in fact one pursuit in a life dedicated to searching for the key to writing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65632391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book might be Kerouac's most engaging, though not quite as epic as <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On the Road</a></em>. His theories on &quot;spontaneous prose&quot; were pretty refined by the time he wrote <em>Desolation Angels</em>, and it shows. There are a lot of brilliant uses of free-form language and sections of incredible rhythm. My a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6830910">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[when you open the door does anyone enter or is it you?<br/>the sound of silence<br/>is the only instruction<br/>you'll get.<br/>a peaceful sorrow at home is the best i'll ever be able to offer the world, in the end, and so i told my desolation angels goodbye. a new life for me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used this book as a part of my analysis on Kerouac's &quot;wilderness&quot; writings in high school, and having recently re-read it, I am re-inspired to clue into the internal fabric of what makes up &quot;America&quot;...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not really into the whole pre-hippie beat generation thing- but I liked this one. It took a while for the story to pick up. The first couple chapters were slow and a bit confusing, but it got better. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of the two books I've read of Kerouac, the other being The Road, this is by far my favorite. I found it heartbreaking, compelling, and a bit nihilistic. There were many times I would find one line that was pure poetry but when I would go back to copy it down I could never find it in the conscious fl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67241544">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got a pretty bad impression of Kerouac from &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On the Road</a>.&quot; I read this book and &quot;Dharma Bums&quot; and I believe I have a much better picture of who Kerouac is and the value of these two books. <br/><br/>This book picks up almost where &quot;Dharma Bums&quot; left off, plus a few ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2059231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[melancholia.he's alone for three months up on a mountain and all he do is thinking and looking around and he wrote a damn good book!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably one of the more intention looks into Jack's mind. A must read for any Kerouac enthusiast, just don't keep the gun loaded.]]></body>
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