Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46

Written from the vantage point of the psychedelic sixties, this fascinating, “loud-mouthed novel” (The Guardian) paints a portrait of young Kerouac, dedicated and disciplined in his determination to be an important American writer.

“The capstone of one of the most extraordinary, influential, maddening, and ultimately prodigious achievements in recent literature.”—John Clellan Holmes

Originally subtitled “An Adventurous Education, 1935–1946,” this is a key volume in Jack Kerouac’s lifework, ...