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Author: Kerouac, Jack
Title: The Subterraneans
Publisher: Grove, New York
Pages: 111 pp.
Date: 1958
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Experiential mode
Annotation:This story of a love affair between Les Percepied, the writer's persona, and a young black girl is punctuated by drug trips and sex experiences typical of Kerouac.
Viewpoint towards drugs: positive.




Author: Kerouac, Jack
Title: Vanity of Duluoz
Publisher: Coward-McCann, New York
Pages: 280 pp.
Date: 1968
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Life styles
Annotation:This novel traces the "coming of age" of the author in the '30's and '40's—his initiation into the hip culture in New York, his casual introduction to drugs, and his passionate attachment to youth.
Viewpoint towards drugs: positive.






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