I’m pissed.
After years of hearing some of the smartest people I know talk about their love of Jack Kerouac, I finally decided to give one of his books a try. Those smart people have a hell of a lot of explaining to do.
Granted, I probably did not pick the most accessible of his books to start with - On the Road: The Original Scroll. Don’t let the hype fool you folks, this is not some modern masterpiece. This is 400 pages of run-on sentences, limited punctuation, and no paragraphs. Technical elements aside, the story sucks too (I’m using the term “story” here loosely - very, very, very loosely). I don’t want to hear anybody tell me about how this is a story of passionate, spirited, young America. This is the story of a bunch of bums with drugs. While they obviously had nothing worthwhile to do with their lives, I can certainly find something better to do with mine than struggle through the final 70 pages of this P.O.S.
I hate you, Jack Kerouac.
i don’t like Kerouac either, but if you were going to try to read On the Road you should have gotten the published version. punctuation a little better. although i must admit, i couldn’t get through it. ugh
Comment by bubba — June 24, 2008 @ 10:12 am
I had a feeling I would not consider that purchase money well spent, so I got what the library had. If I had purchased my own copy, the garbage men would have hauled it away a couple weeks ago.
Comment by jlou — June 24, 2008 @ 10:16 am