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English
Penguin
01 May 2006
'The first and, in some respects, still one of the best novels about the Beat Generation... brilliant and important' The Los Angeles Free Press

The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Published two months before Kerouac began ON THE ROAD, GO is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. In lucid fictional prose designed to capture the events, emptions and essence of his experience, Holmes describes an individualistic post-World II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze, discussions, drugs and sex punctuate life.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 199mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   264g
ISBN:   9780141188393
ISBN 10:   0141188391
Series:   Penguin Modern Classics
Pages:   352
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988) was an essayist, poet, and novelist; and was a sometime member of the Beat Generation. He published GO in 1952; The Horn, a novel about jazz, would follow in 1958, and Get Home Free, depicting the later fate of two characters from Go, would appear in 1964.

Reviews for Go

'... fascinating and valuable ...' Early Music 'Rebecca Harris-Warrick and Carol Marsh's superb study ... reflects a significant marriage of historical research methodology and historical performance experience, presented in a lucid reader-friendly format.' Music and Letters


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