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| Title: | Neal Cassady
: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero |
| Author: | David Sandison & Graham Vickers |
| ISBN: | 1556526156 : 9781556526152 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 340 |
| Weight: | .629 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - September 2006 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Biography & autobiography: literary |
This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac's On the Road. A charismatic, funny, articulate, and formidably intelligent man, Cassady was also a compulsive womanizer who lived life on the edge. His naturalistic, conversational writing style inspired Kerouac, who lifted a number of passages verbatim and uncredited from Cassady's letters for significant episodes in On the Road. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with full cooperation from central figures in his life -- including Carolyn Cassady and Ken Kesey -- this account captures Cassady's unique blend of inspired lunacy and deep spirituality.
