Safe in Heaven Dead (Hanuman Book No. 42) [Paperback]

Jack Kerouac (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Hanuman Books (December 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937815446
• ISBN-13: 978-0937815441
• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,313,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interviews and insights from the mind of a beat master, June 10, 2005

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Heath Row "h3athrow" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Safe in Heaven Dead (Hanuman Book No. 42) (Paperback)

Collected by Michael White, this pocket-sized collection of interview excerpts gleaned from sources dating between 1957 and 1986 sheds ample light on Kerouac's meaning and motivation. Printed in India, the low-production book feels like a samizdat missive from Mao, and readers get plenty of first-person accounts of Kerouac's family history, the mysticism inherent in the Beats, politics and the counterculture, great writers, Kerouac's writing process, jazz, and Buddhism. Sure, much -- if not most -- of this is available in other, longer, more in-depth sources, but for a quick, breezy read -- and one you can pocket for portability -- you can't beat this, the 42nd title in the Hanuman series.