Author:John Clellon Holmes,James Atlas
The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Published two months before Kerouac began ON THE ROAD, GO is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. In lucid fictional prose designed to capture the events, emptions and essence of his experience, Holmes describes an individualistic post-World II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze, discussions, drugs and sex punctuate life.
Like To Kill a Mockingbird rewritten from the viewpoint of Boo Radley
—— Scotland on SundaySupremely well imagined...Frequently brilliant and consistently unsettling, Summer of the Cicada will remain with you for quite a while
—— IndependentThe opening scene of Summer of the Cicada lodges itself in the mind and stays there until the final page... the ferocity of the violence, combined with the matter-of-fact way the scene unfolds, leaves an unforgettble impression... It is a measure of the artistry Will Napier brings to his first novel that the harrowing subject matter does not make for a depressing read
—— Sunday TelegraphBrilliantly disturbing
—— ScotsmanThe handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare
—— Evening StandardA handsome, collectable hardback edition
—— Lynne Truss, The TimesIn its evocation of place, or, more exactly, of places in time, the book is masterful
—— Geoff Dyer , The GuardianBeautifully written... darkly comic
—— David Lodge
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