{"product_id":"subterraneans-9780802160287","title":"Subterraneans","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the most famous of the Beat writers and the author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, Kerouac's intoxicating love story of two young bohemians, now reissued in the centenary year of his birth\u003c\/b\u003eWritten over the course of three days and three nights, \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans \u003c\/i\u003ewas generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classics, \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e. Centering around the tempestuous romance and breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the 1950s San Francisco underground--\u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of dark alleys and smoky rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside mainstream America's field of vision. Loosely based on Kerouac's own life, and peopled with analogues of real-life friends, including William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady, \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid and breathless masterwork of Beat literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802160287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303851167925,"sku":"9780802160287","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7fd73cb4-18d7-46aa-8b84-fef693a5958a.jpg?v=1658842738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/subterraneans-9780802160287","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}