Author: MORGAN, BILL (1949- )
Title: The typewriter is holy : the complete, uncensored history of the Beat generation / Bill Morgan
Description: New York : Free Press 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 291 pages; Description: xxi. 291 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Beat generation -- American literature --20th century --History and criticism. Summary: ''The Typewriter is Holy' is a wonderful romp. a totally engrossing history of the Beat generation. and those wildly colorful figures who brought about a seismic change in our culture. It makes sense of the intersecting lives of Allen Ginsberg. Neal Cassady. William Burroughs and others whose great adventures gave birth to the upheavals of the Sixties. No one alive knows these people as well as Bill Morgan does. and the result is a fascinating chronicle.' --Dinitia Smith. author of 'The Illusionist' and 'Remember This'.Weight in Kg appr.:

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