Reviews for Jack Kerouac, 1957-1969

The average rating for Jack Kerouac, 1957-1969 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-13 00:00:00 Gregory Huber I'm a bit overwhelmed by this book right now to write a proper review so will mull over it on the weekend and do it proper justice next week. In short, five (want to give six) stars for Jack's letters. One star docked because Charters' editing comments, while extremely interesting and helpful in some areas, were a bit over the top and sometimes annoying. For example, why does she need to quote things from the letters themselves just before we read them? I found this rather annoying. Secondly, some of her footnotes I think we could have done without. There were a few footnotes in which I found the 'link' between Jack's letter prose and her 'analysis' rather tenuous actually. More anon. **********

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-02 00:00:00 Shicong Li Jack's letters after the time On The Road is published. Reading his letters you realize the extent of his drinking, the strange relationship he had with his mother, and other oddities.