PIC

By:

Jack Kerouac

Format:

CD-Audio

Show Hide Adult Content

$61.00

Releases 12 Nov 2024

Available for pre-order now

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $10.17 with Laybuy Learn more

Pre-order Price Guarantee

If Mighty Ape's price changes before release, you'll pay the lowest price.

Availability

This product will be released on 12th November, 2024

Delivering to:

It should arrive:

19-26 November using International Courier

Description

Jack Kerouac's last published work is an endearing portrayal of brotherhood and the classic American road trip adventure, viewed through the eyes of a young boy. This novella tells the story of a ten-year-old Black boy named Pictorial Review "Pic" Jackson, who lives with his grandfather in North Carolina in the 1940s. After his grandfather dies and Pic is living with another relative, his older brother, Slim, shows up to take him out of that dysfunctional home, and they journey from the rural South to New York City. They head for Harlem, where Slim lives with his girlfriend and where Pic sees firsthand the economic hard times his brother is experiencing. After losing job after job, Slim sends his pregnant girlfriend off to San Francisco to live with her sister. Then the brothers set out to hitchhike their way west, making their way to California across a country suffused with danger, music, love, and hardship. Told from the point of view of Pic, Kerouac wrote this work in a dialect that is stereotypical for Black American youth of that era.

Author Biography:

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist and poet who influenced generations of writers. He is recognized for his spontaneous prose style and for being a pioneer of the Beat Generation.

Release date NZ

November 12th, 2024

Author