Vanity of Duluoz
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| Author | Jack Kerouac |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Coward-McCann |
| Released | 1968 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-023639-2 |
| Preceded by | Satori in Paris (1966) |
| Followed by | Pic (1971) |
Vanity of Duluoz (full title Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46) is a 1968 autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac (ISBN 0-14-023639-2). The book describes the adventures of Kerouac's alter ego, Jack Duluoz, covering the period of his life between 1935 and 1946. The book includes reminiscences of the author's highschool experiences in Lowell, Massachusetts, his education at Columbia University, and his subsequent naval service during World War II. It culminates with the beginnings of the beat movement.
| Books by Jack Kerouac |
| The Town and the City • On the Road • The Subterraneans • The Dharma Bums • Doctor Sax • Maggie Cassidy • Mexico City Blues • Book of Dreams • Tristessa • Visions of Cody • Lonesome Traveler • Big Sur • Visions of Gerard • Desolation Angels • Satori in Paris • Vanity of Duluoz • Pic • Scattered Poems • Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings • Old Angel Midnight • Good Blonde & Others • Orpheus Emerged • Book of Sketches • And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) |
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