{"product_id":"doctor-sax-by-jack-kerouac-first-edition-paperback-1959-grove-press","title":"Doctor Sax by Jack Kerouac [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 1959 • Grove Press","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoctor Sax by Jack Kerouac\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION TRADE PAPERBACK [1959] GROVE PRESS•EVERGREEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntique trade paperback in very good reading condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover is beat up; heavy shelf wear, creased corners, frayed edges.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite that, the book is clean, sturdy and reads beautifully with a few neatly worn corners. (see photos)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent vintage reading copy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJack Kerouac called Doctor Sax, the enigmatic figure who haunted his boyhood imagination, 'my ghost, personal angel, private shadow, secret lover'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this extraordinary autobiographical account of growing up in Lowell, Massachussetts, told through his fictional alter ego Jack Duluoz, he mingles real people and events with fantastical figures to capture the accents, scents, sights and texture of his childhood: playing among the river weeds and railroad tracks, going to church, witnessing life and death on the street corners. Written when he was staying with William Burroughs in Mexico in 1952, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoctor Sax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was Kerouac's favourite of all his books: a dark, vivid and magical evocation of a boy's vibrant inner life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49078300180729,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/doctorsax-1.jpg?v=1789548086","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/doctor-sax-by-jack-kerouac-first-edition-paperback-1959-grove-press","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}