Herbert Huncke The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation
Herbert Huncke The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation
- ISBN 13:
9781936182800
- ISBN 10:
1936182807
- Edition: 2nd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 08/01/2015
- Publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.
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Summary
Muse and mentor to Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac—who said of him, “Huncke is the greatest storyteller I know, an absolute genius at it”— Herbert Huncke steps out of the shadow of his more famous peers in this absorbing and tender biography by Hilary Holladay. In this richly-layered portrait, the unsung bard of the streets emerges in all his tattered glory: his painful childhood and adolescent rebellion; run-ins with the law; adventures at sea and riding the rails; and later life in his beloved New York City where he became a legendary denizen and guide to the new bohemians eager to learn from the wily master.