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Book has gently bumped spine ends and some light toning to pages--mostly at text blocks and fore edge--visible in photo. Jacket has rubbing to black areas, small missing chips on spine ends, and four small tears on edges--visible in photo. Content is fine and appears unread.

The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-autobiographical story is based on the author's experiences during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac.