On the Road
1955 • 254 pages

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This books makes a whole lot more sense when you read it as an adult and have some context. I really loved it this time around. It's a great look into post-WWII counterculture during a generation defined by cookie-cutter suburbs and American hegemony. Sal and Dean create a brilliant yet flawed portrait of youth searching for purpose in an elusive “American dream.”

November 7, 2010