Burroughs William S., Kerouac Jack:
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
Grove Press , 2008
Hardcover, 214 pages
Size: 215x149 mm
ISBN: 9780802118769
ISBN-10: 0802118763
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs Was Born In St. Louis In 1914. He Is Best-Known Work Is 1959's "Naked Lunch"--Which Became The Focus Of A Landmark 1962 Supreme Court Decision That Helped Eliminate Literary Censorship In The United States. Described By Norman Mailer As One Of America's Few Writers Genuinely "Possessed By Genius," He Died In 1997. His Many Other Works Include "Junky" And "The Place Of Dead Roads" (Picador). <Br>
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) "On The Road" Was Published In 1957, Six Years After Its Completion. It Went On To Become A Bestseller And Is Considered The Quintessential Statement Of The 1950's Literary Movement Known As The Beat Generation. Born In Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac Did Stints At Columbia University, In The Navy And In The Merchant Marine Before Meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs And Neal Cassady, Who Would Influence The Rest Of His Life And His Writing. Kerouac Died In St. Petersburg, Florida At The Age Of Forty-Seven.
