Vanity of Duluoz

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Vanity of Duluoz is 'a book about football and war'; for Jack Duluoz, Kerouac's altér ego, growing up in America in the I930s, these are the forces that shape his life. Possessed of an extraordinary talent for football, Duluoz leaves his sleepy hometown on a sporting scholarship to Columbia University, New York. But just as the brilliant years of his 'adventurous education' begin, the Second World War intervenes. For many, this would have been a catastrophe, but for Duluoz, his wartime experiences prove an inspiration. Joining the US Navy, wandering the world, Duluoz's desire to live life to the full grows ever stronger. On his return to the USA, Duluoz is drawn into the nascent New York beat movement. Now the real wild times begin, with writing, drugs and sex exploding into a sheer celebration of non-stop, riotous living... 'Vanity of Duluoz is a loud-mouthed növel. Kerouac brags his way through his early football triumphs and boyhood friendships, bounces us through his experiences... Tovább

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Vanity of Duluoz is 'a book about football and war'; for Jack Duluoz, Kerouac's altér ego, growing up in America in the I930s, these are the forces that shape his life. Possessed of an extraordinary talent for football, Duluoz leaves his sleepy hometown on a sporting scholarship to Columbia University, New York. But just as the brilliant years of his 'adventurous education' begin, the Second World War intervenes. For many, this would have been a catastrophe, but for Duluoz, his wartime experiences prove an inspiration. Joining the US Navy, wandering the world, Duluoz's desire to live life to the full grows ever stronger. On his return to the USA, Duluoz is drawn into the nascent New York beat movement. Now the real wild times begin, with writing, drugs and sex exploding into a sheer celebration of non-stop, riotous living... 'Vanity of Duluoz is a loud-mouthed növel. Kerouac brags his way through his early football triumphs and boyhood friendships, bounces us through his experiences as schoolboy, student, sailor, social rebel. It's a frontal assault on life, a totál abandonment to feeling that can take sentimentality in its loping stride and even score with it. What makes the book remarkable is not its rigour but the generosity of its protest. It is Kerouac's lack of resignation that gives the book its strength and dignity.' GUARDIAN 'Vanity of Duluoz has a fierce, posturing energy.' NEW STATESMAN Cover illustration by Simon Feli Many of Kerouac's books are available in Flamingó, including B/g Sur, The Dharma Bums and Lonesome Traveler. '--1 Vissza