Written over the course of three days and three nights, "The Subterraneans" was generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classics, "On the Road." Centering around the tempestuous brekup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox -- two denizens of the 1950s San Francisco underground -- "The Subterraneans is a tale of dark alleys and smoky rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside mainstream America's field of vision.
- ISBN10 0802195717
- ISBN13 9780802195715
- Publish Date 1 December 2007 (first published 12 September 1973)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Grove Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 128
- Language English