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iSBN 978-0-14-312028-5 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN) Fiction 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 304 pp. Rights: E00 Pub history: Penguin pb 978-0-14-004259-7; Penguin Classic pb 978-0-14-243725-4; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition pb 978-0-14-310546-6 On sale: 4/24/2012 SuGGeSTeD ORDeR “ A major novel . . . the most beautifully executed, the clearest, and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as ‘ beat.’” —The New York Times ClASSiC PeNGuiN MAy 10 Academic Marketing Jack Kerouac’s groundbreaking novel — soon to be a major motion picture with a star-studded cast On the Road Jack Kerouac In what is sure to be one of the major cinematic events of 2012, Jack Kerouac’s legendary Beat classic, On the Road, will finally hit the big screen. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries; Paris, Je T’Aime) and with a cast of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga), Amy Adams (Julie & Julia, The Fighter), and Viggo Mortensen (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Road ), the film will attract new fans who will be inspired by Kerouac’s revolutionary masterwork. n The film stars Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Steve Buscemi n The film’s U.S. release date will be announced soon n Also available as an e-book JACk keRouAC (1922–1969) was one of the most controversial and influential writers of the Beat Generation. His celebrated books include On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and Visions of Cody.
iSBN 978-0-14-312188-6 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN) Biography 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 368 pp. Rights: E00 b/w photos throughout Pub history: Da Capo Press pb 978-1-56025-739-4 On sale: 4/24/2012 SuGGeSTeD ORDeR “ There have been biographies of Kerouac, but this is an entirely different and much more satisfying work.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “ Jack’s Book is first-rate . . . it offers the flavor and depth of good fiction while keeping well within the realms of literary truth.” —Saturday Review “ I consider Jack’s Book an essential text—it gives a far more authentic and balanced picture of Jack than any existing biography.” —Joyce Johnson, author of Minor Characters and Door Wide Open “ A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation.” —Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties and Going All the Way Jack’s Book An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee First published in 1978, Jack’s Book gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the “King of the Beats.” Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouac’s story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouac’s ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biography—the first of its kind—presents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation. n Includes firsthand stories from the most famous creative figures of the Beat era—Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, William S. Burroughs, William Gaddis, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti n Also includes a character key of the people in Kerouac’s life and their fictional counterparts n With an updated introduction BARRy giffoRd is a poet, novelist, screenwriter, and librettist best known for the novel Wild at Heart, which was adapted into an award-winning film by David Lynch, and for cowriting the screenplay for Lynch’s film Lost Highway. Published in twenty-eight languages, he has been the recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, and the Writers Guild of America. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. lAwRenCe lee (d. 1990) was a Peabody Award–winning journalist who cowrote the acclaimed biography Saroyan with Gifford. Online Publicity Academic and library Marketing ClASSiC PeNGuiN MAy 11
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