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Herbert Huncke: The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Generation
By: Hilary Holladay
Price: $17.95
Publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.: July 2015
Edition: 2
Seller ID: 203239
ISBN: 1936182807
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: New - New
Muse and mentor to Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac who said of him, Huncke is the greatest storyteller I know, an absolute genius at it Herbert Huncke steps out of the shadow of his more famous peers in this absorbing and tender biography by Hilary Holladay. In this richly-layered portrait, the unsung bard of the streets emerges in all his tattered glory: his painful childhood and adolescent rebellion; run-ins with the law; adventures at sea and riding the rails; and later life in his beloved New York City where he became a legendary denizen and guide to the new bohemians e...
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