Subterranean Kerouac The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac

"Amburn had the advantage of being Kerouac's last editor, from 1964 to 1969, shares the dedication page of VANITY OF DULUOZ with Kerouac's wife, Stella, and speaks with an intimate authority not always granted to other Kerouac biographers. Amburn also had access to letters and papers not previously available to other biographers, as well as full cooperation from Kerouac's literary estate and surviving relatives. In a disclaimer in the introduction, Amburn says that his biography 'focuses on Kerouac and the world that would inspire his novels, as opposed to being a work that examines his oeuvre from a more literary basis. I leave that formidable task to the literary scholars.' The curious thing is, by presenting such a critical and intimately detailed portrait of the author himself, Amburn's book gives the reader more insight into the genesis of Kerouac's writing than the Kerouac biographies that did attempt to focus on the more literary aspects of Kerouac's life. Amburn, Ellis is the author of 'Subterranean Kerouac The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac', published 1999 under ISBN 9780312206772 and ISBN 0312206771.