{"product_id":"go-9781560254249","title":"Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe novel that launched the Beat Generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drafted two months before Jack Kerouac began \u003ci\u003eOn The Road, Go\u003c\/i\u003e is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives lived by the Beats before they became public figures. In honest, lucid fictional prose designed to capture the events, emotions, and essence of his experience among the Beats, Holmes describes an individualistic post-World War II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze, discussions, drugs, and sex punctuate life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most tentative and conservative of the Beats, Holmes's intelligent and sensitive voice also details the pressures and regrets that his lifestyle gave birth to. With portraits of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neil Cassady, William Burroughs, this first novel about the Beat Generation gives us a peek into what it meant to be a Beat before the term had ever been used. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"... still one of the best novels about the Beat Generation . . . brilliant and important.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I want to write to you about ... your book. You did the honest thing, the big thing, the good thing.\" -- Jack Kerouac \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eGo \u003c\/i\u003esignaled the start of something new in American literature. A generation with a new consciousness had found its voice . . . \" -- Ann Charters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Clellon Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-1988) was an essayist, poet, and novelist; and was a \"sometime member\" of the Beat Generation. He published \u003ci\u003eGo\u003c\/i\u003e in 1952; \u003ci\u003eThe Horn\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about jazz, would follow in 1958; and \u003ci\u003eGet Home Free\u003c\/i\u003e, depicting the later fate of two characters from \u003ci\u003eGo\u003c\/i\u003e, would appear in 1964.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676542865682,"sku":"9781560254249","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_569d5666-060f-42dc-affb-d9a507071f16.jpg?v=1733881854","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/go-9781560254249","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}