Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #223303 in Books
• Published on: 1986-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 226 pages

Customer Reviews

CASSADY LASSADY JUST AS I THOUGHT
NEAL FROM NEAL WHAT A NOVEL IDEA AFTER HAVING TO READ ABOUT HIM THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE.REASONABLE AND FUNNY BOOK.IT IS HOWEVER HARD TO GET HOLD OF .I GOT MINE FROM THE CITY LIGHTS BOOK STORE IN SAN FRAN.

Entertaining and fun.
This is the true life story of the main inspiration behind the beat movement and the early Acid movement. This autobiography examines the first 13 years or so of Cassady's life. The only problem with it is that it is too short. However, it redeems itself with the addition of letters and exerpts in the back. These are more entertaining than the book in some ways. Check out the letter to Ken Kesey. When you are done with this book check out the movie, "The Last Time I Committed Suicide." It is based on one of the exerpts from the book. Overall, this is a fun book that gives insight into Cassady's early life.

A great introduction of the beat movement
The autobiographical part of the book was quite interesting but I found it hard to read considering that almost the entire text was run-on sentences that would take up half the page.By the the time you got done with the sentence you had to read it over to get the idea. Now I find myself writing much longer sentences.