{"product_id":"doctor-sax-paperback","title":"Doctor Sax - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the most famous of the Beat writers, the semi-autobiographical novel of growing up between dreams and nightmares in early twentieth century Massachusetts, now reissued following Kerouac's centenary celebration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting novel of deeply felt adolescence, \u003ci\u003eDr. Sax \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac's own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Dr. Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack's fantasy world. Deftly mingling memory and dream, Kerouac captures the accents and textures of his boyhood in Lowell in this novel of a cryptic, apocalyptic hipster phantom that he once described as \"the greatest book I ever wrote, or that I will write.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJACK KEROUAC\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1957, epitomized what became known as the \"Beat generation.\" He died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696111390783,"sku":"9780802162113","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6f204e68366d5f911e3ad9e2254c06c5.webp?v=1765006247","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/doctor-sax-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}