Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education 1935 - 46
by Kerouac Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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Synopsis
Vanity of Duluoz is a 1968 semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac. The book describes the adventures of Kerouac's alter ego, Jack Duluoz, covering the period of his life between 1935 and 1946. The book includes reminiscences of the author's high school experiences in Lowell, Massachusetts, his education at Columbia University, and his subsequent naval service during World War II. It culminates with the beginnings of the beat movement.
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- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708082
- Title
- Vanity of Duluoz
- Author
- Kerouac Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BEAT GENERATION COUNTERCULTURE BURROUGHS SNYDER KEROUAC CORSO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Beat Generation;
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