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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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This is my favorite book by Jack Kerouac. I have read it several times. It is his least cynical and most hopeful book. His account of Gerard's life (not his adult view of his parents and there reaction to Gerard's tragic death) and death is pure, sweet and true. There is real sadness in the story. It seems that Jack spent his whole life trying to come to terms with something that was perfectly clear to him as a child.