Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That

Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution

By the time Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer to death on the banks of the Hudson River in August 1944, it was clear that the hard-partying teenage companion to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs might need to reevaluate his life. A two-year stint in a reformatory straightened out the wayward youth but did little to curb the wild ways of his friends.

MANIA tells the story of this remarkable groupâ€”who strained against the conformity of postwar America, who experimented with drink, drugs, sex, jazz, and literature, and who yearned to be heard, to remake art and society in their own libertine image. What is more remarkable than the manic lives they led is that they succeededâ€”remaking their own generation and inspiring the ones that followed. From the breakthrough success of Kerouac's On the Road to the controversy of Ginsberg's Howl and Burroughs' Naked Lunch, the counterculture was about to go mainstream for the first time, and America would never be the same again.

Based on more than eight years' writing and research, Ronald Collins and David Skoverâ€”authors of the highly acclaimed The Trials of Lenny Bruceâ€”bring the stories of these artists, hipsters, hustlers, and maniacs to life in a dramatic, fast-paced, and often darkly comic narrative.

"Collins and Skoverâ€™s MANIA is easily the best book about the formative years and early adventures of the men and women called collectively the Beat Generation that I have ever seen, not to mention the most attractive." --Zack Kopp, Examiner.com
Country USA
Manufacturer Top Five Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-11-21
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Top Five Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-11-21
Format	Kindle eBook

Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution

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