Books

Only Very Good First Edition in like (price-clipped) dust jacket of the famed author's first book, published under John (rather than Jack) Kerouac. Priced accordingly.

The Town and the City was Jack Kerouac's debut novel, published in 1950. It presents a coming-of-age story of a young man who experiences the dichotomy between provincial American life and the attraction of the city. Kerouac's alter ego is Peter Martin. The novel is heavily influenced by the works of Thomas Wolfe and is based on Kerouac's own early life.