{"product_id":"the-subterraneans-by-jack-kerouac-copy","title":"\"The Subterraneans\" by Jack Kerouac","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jack Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWritten in a famous burst of about three nights of typing, \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) is Kerouac at his most raw and immediate. Narrator Leo Percepied is a young writer drifting through the bohemian underworld of San Francisco, a world of jazz, cheap wine, and restless talk. There he falls into an intense affair with Mardou Fox, a magnetic, vulnerable young woman who belongs to the circle of hipsters the book calls “the subterraneans.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat follows is a love story told in headlong spontaneous prose: infatuation, jealousy, insecurity, and the fear of being close to someone. Leo’s own doubts and failings are as much a subject as the romance itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShort, fast, and confessional, it is a vivid portrait of the Beat scene at its height and a good companion to \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Tree Dreams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50293896544533,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/5562\/0373\/files\/692.jpg?v=1792541169","url":"https:\/\/deadtreedreams.com\/products\/the-subterraneans-by-jack-kerouac-copy","provider":"Dead Tree Dreams","version":"1.0","type":"link"}