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Synopsis
'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' Kerouac on THE TOWN AND THE CITY Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood.
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The author of a number of a hugely influential and popular novels - including ON THE ROAD and DHARMA BUMS - Jack Kerouac is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation.
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- PublisherQuartet Books
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0704330180
- ISBN 13 9780704330184
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages512
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The Town and the City
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Quartet Books, 1974
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ISBN 13: 9780704330184
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Ed. Quartet Books, 1974. Rústica. 18 x 11 cm. 504 pp. En inglés. Estado normal. Seller Inventory # ABE-1707820335624
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Town and the City
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1973 499pp. Purple card cover and pictorial stiff laminated dust jacket. Condition: spotting to endpapers and fore edge. Shelf wear to cover particularly to edges and small loss of surface to rear. Dust jacket has shelf wear and small damp stains to tail of spine (not effecting book). Otherwise a very good clean and tight copy. Seller Inventory # 908
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Town and the City
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paperback. Condition: Good. Proof Copy. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Rear end paper marked. Foxing to page edges. Patchy fading to covers and spine. Large crease to rear cover. Text clean and bright. Seller Inventory # 723504
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