Big Sur Surrounded by nature's chorus and

Surrounded by nature's chorus and guided by words that vibrate like thunder

When Taylor is forced to confront her feelings for Avery

a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant

and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller

So the next time

Big Sur Surrounded by nature's chorus andA poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the acclaimed author of On the Road "In many ways, particularly in the lyrical immediacy that is his distinctive glory, this is Kerouac's best book . . . certainly he has never displayed more 'gentle sweetness.'" San Francisco Chronicle Jack Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin