On the Road: The Original Scroll

from jackichan

Interesting story, terrible novel. I'd like to re-title it, "In the Closet." Because that's exactly what it is. The truth of the matter is that this book is about a man's struggle with being homosexual in a culture that was not open or accepting of such things. The way Kerouac would write in grea...

from sandra.pinkerton83

Rambling and not that good

from Daftboy1

Sorry but this book done nothing for me. Very hard to read. Its just the story of Sal Paradise and his very dodgy mate Dean Moriarty travelling across America then ending up in Mexico. We went there then we done this. Thats what the whole book is about there doesnt seem any actual substance to th...

from jawalter

I'll give Kerouac credit: On the Road has a propulsive, relentless movement. Bereft of paragraphs or chapter breaks, it just keeps churning along, dragging the reader along for the ride.On the other hand, I was more than a little surprised at how small it made everything seem. Where I was expecti...

from Jamnjazzz

Very interesting, it allows the reader to see exactly what Kerouac was saying before he had to edit himself for the sake of a constipated american populace of the 50's. No real surprises as to the characters, all were well known before. I did reread the published version immediately prior to read...