JACK KEROUAC: A Chicken-Essay

(Toronto): The Coach House Press, 1975. Second printing. Very good plus.. Second printing of this argument for the persistent cultural influence of Quebec on Jack Kerouac. Beaulieu's impressionistic essay on Kerouac's "desperate and unsucessful flight from the Quebec gloom which was his inescapable heritage." Originally published as ESSAI-POULET in Québec by Éditions du jour in 1972. 8'' x 4.25''. Translated by Sheila Fischman. Original blue printed wrappers. Second printing of 1000 copies. 170 pages. Binding somewhat brittle. Light scuffing to edges and front cover; spine lightly sunned.