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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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