Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket; small brown spot on foredge. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "Criminal . Saint . Lunatic . Genius . Muse . Once described by Jack Kerouac as "more like Dostoevsky than anyone I know," Neal Cassady lived what others could only write about. Serving as the model for Kerouac's frenetic hero, the hip, Noble Savage Dean Moriarty in On the Road, and "N.C., the secret hero" of Allen Ginsberg's provocative poem "Howl," Cassady was a genius of life lived on the edge of the abyss. Now, William Plummer strips away the mystery surrounding this enigmatic figure. Plummer brings Cassady to life: his coming of age in a Denver flophouse, his hustling across America, the car thefts that landed him in jail, his meeting with Kerouac and their mad-cap cross-country adventures, his experiments with sex and drugs, his second marriage to Carolyn Cassady, his teaming with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on an epochal acid trip, and finally his bizarre death. Black-and-white photographs add to this engrossing biography of an outrageous but fascinating life.Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Holy Goof : A Biography of Neal Cassady

Publisher

Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Publication Date

1981

Language

English

ISBN 10

0133926052

ISBN 13

9780133926057

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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This profile of Neal Cassady--the inspiration and prototype for the Beat Generation--captures the essence of the mad cap escapades and rebellious experimentation that characterized life on the road

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"Marvelous, an enthralling account of one of the outrageously signal lives of our time, creative, destructive, always compelling."

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