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26%OFFJack Kerouac - Vanity of Duluoz - 9780141198217 - V9780141198217
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Vanity of Duluoz

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Description for Vanity of Duluoz Paperback. Presents the author's high school experiences as a sporting jock in Massachusetts and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
The tale of Kerouac's alter-ego, Vanity of Duluoz presents Jack Duluoz's high school experiences as a sporting jock in Massachusetts and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Just as Jack's glamorous new adult life begins, so does World War II, and he joins the US Navy to travel the world. As Jack experiences more, he realizes the limits of his former plans and returns to New York at the start of the Beat movement, to a riot of drugs, sex and writing. Vanity of Duluoz was Kerouac's final work published before his death in 1969.

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141198217
SKU
V9780141198217
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About Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The Dharma Bums.

Reviews for Vanity of Duluoz
A loud-mouthed novel... A frontal assault on life, a total abandonment to feeling
Guardian

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