Ginsberg Book

This detailed biography of the vile Beat poet and pederast is both eye-opening and eye-watering on a variety of levels. Seldom does one read about a creepier and more revolting individual. In the 1960s he came to embody the hippie movement, of which he could for a while—too long, in fact—be regarded as the living cliché, despite being much older than the addled youths he helped to lead astray. A clear example if there was any of an influential figure whose influence was entirely negative and was widely praised while being undeserving of that praise.