Memory Babe A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac

"By far the best of the many books published about Jack Kerouac's life and work, accurately and clearly written, with a sure feeling for Jack's own prose."--William S. Burroughs "Gerald Nicosia's dedicated scholarship in Memory Babe has added important new material that significantly expands our knowledge of Kerouac and his literary achievement."--Ann Charters, editor of The Portable Beat Reader