I’ve always been a great fan, Paul, of Steve Turner‘s 1996 biography of Kerouac. Apart from the fact that it is a clearly stated and concisely reported portrait of the man, the image hoard he also managed to draw upon was fabulous and the overall design very appealing on the eye. Bloomsbury in fact created a series of such titles on the three principal Beats: Graham Caveney offered a life of Ginsberg and also Burroughs and, again, the publishers excelled in producing visually striking editions to support the valuable text. I wonder if any of those beauts are still available...
I’ve always been a great fan, Paul, of Steve Turner‘s 1996 biography of Kerouac. Apart from the fact that it is a clearly stated and concisely reported portrait of the man, the image hoard he also managed to draw upon was fabulous and the overall design very appealing on the eye. Bloomsbury in fact created a series of such titles on the three principal Beats: Graham Caveney offered a life of Ginsberg and also Burroughs and, again, the publishers excelled in producing visually striking editions to support the valuable text. I wonder if any of those beauts are still available...
I stumbled upon 'Angelheaded Hipster'in a bookstore in Blackburn in 1997 and I still have it. Thanks for that and catching Huncke.
I might add that it was brand new when I bought it, too. It was a current title.