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Book Review of Visions of Gerard

Visions of Gerard
Visions of Gerard
Author: Jack Kerouac
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From the back cover:
"Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood - the wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, evil, insight, suffering, delight, and shock - as they were revealed in the short tragic-happy life of his saintly brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, it is an unsettling, beautiful, and sad exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence."