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The Dharma Bums

Name: The Dharma Bums
Rating: 3.93 (101095 reviews)
Author: Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac January 1, 1958

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Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and “yabyum” in San Francisco’s Bohemia, to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac’s expansiveness, humor, and a contagious zest for life.

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