5/28/2023 0 Comments On the road jack kerouac deutsch![]() Please don't get me wrong! My disproportionately massive loathing for Jack Kerouac has zero to do with his unenlightened racial views. Keroac's ode to the sad-eyed Negro is actually an incredible, incredible example of. I'd be lying if I said there aren't parts of this book that're so bad they're good - good as in morbidly fascinating, in the manner of advanced-stage syphilis slides from seventh-grade health class. Lovely, Turman, but let's be clear: typing by itself is fairly innocuous - this book is so awful it's actually offensive, and even incredibly damaging. I deeply cherish but don't know that I fully agree with Truman Capote's assessment: that _ On the Road_ "is not writing at all - it's typing." ![]() This is probably the worst book I have ever finished, and I'm forever indebted to the deeply personality-disordered college professor who assigned it, because if it hadn't been for that class I never would've gotten through, and I gotta tell you, this is the book I love to hate. ![]()
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