What Happened Later: A Novel - Softcover

What Happened Later: A Novel

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: As New. As New, A Barely Read Copy. - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Poetic, Poignant And Clever, "What Happened Later" Is A Unique And Engaging Story Of Two Lives That Were Forever Changed By One Book. In 1967, Only Ten Years After The Sensational Success Of On The Road, Jack Kerouac Was A Physically Broken, Spiritually Lost Man. Late That Summer, Accompanied By His Friend, Joe Chaput, Kerouac Set Out For Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec, On A Spiritual Quest To Connect With His French-Canadian Roots. Predictably, The Trip Was A Drunken, Chaotic Disaster, And A Little More Than Two Years Afterward, Kerouac Was Dead. Fifteen Years Later, After Falling Under The Spell Of The Larger-Than-Life-Myth Of Jack Kerouac, A Working-Class, Small-Town Ontario Teenager Named Ray Robertson Embarked Upon His Own Quest--To Own A Copy Of On The Road. Rebuffed At Every Turn In His Attempt To Possess The Elusive Novel, Robertson Nonetheless Slowly Begins To Recognize The Existence Of A World Beyond The Factories, Hockey Rinks And Suburbs Of His Hometown, And Also Begins To Comprehend His Own French-Canadian Heritage. Taking Its Title From Kerouac Himself--"What Happened Later" Was The Title Of His Proposed Sequel To On The Road--This Novel Tells The Story Of What Happened After The Fame Generated By Kerouac's Famous Book And What Happened Next In The Life Of A Young Man Infatuated With The Legendary Author. Interweaving The Story Of One Author's Slow Decline With One Boy's Literary Coming Of Age, "What Happened Later" Explores The Ever-Shifting Dualities Of Myth And Reality, Loss And Hope, Innocence And Experience, Endings And Beginnings. Seller Inventory # 010243

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