| Liar!
Liar!: Jack Kerouac - Novelist Contents Page |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments
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| Introduction
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| Chapter 1: |
Kerouac in his times: 'ch'sais faire
...écrire des histoires, pis c'est toutte' |
| Part One: Early Writings |
| Chapter 2: |
The Town and the City:
'dark, rainy adventure' |
| Chapter 3: |
On the Road: '"
I'm going as fast as I can and I don't think I have
the time"' |
| Chapter 4: |
Visions of Cody: 'a
falsehood for money' |
| Chapter 5: |
Doctor Sax: 'swallowing
a cud of crap' |
| Part Two: The Middle Phase |
| Chapter 6: |
Maggie Cassidy: "I
had no idea what I should do" |
| Chapter 7: |
'The Railroad Earth':
'workingman's Frisco' |
| Chapter 8: |
The Subterraneans: 'birl
or girl' |
| Chapter 9: |
Visions of Gerard: 'to
bite in vain with pen of ink' |
| Chapter 10: |
Tristessa: 'I guess,
I'm a liar, watch out!' |
| Chapter 11: |
Old Angel Midnight: 'signifying
the nothing of the sound afternoon' |
| Part Three: Later Writings |
| Chapter 12: |
The Dharma Bums: 'the
worst bum in the world' |
| Chapter 13: |
Desolation Angels: 'from
a youthful brave sense of adventure to a complete nausea' |
| Chapter 14: |
Big Sur: 'but I'm
drunk' |
| Chapter 15: |
Satori in Paris: 'Are
you crazy?' |
| Chapter 16: |
Vanity of Duluoz: 'I
could be bitter, I am bitter' |
| Chapter 17: |
Pic: 'trackin along
… in this dismal world' |
| Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
