The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac

The Subterraneans : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141184890 : 0141184892 : 11 Sep 2020 : The Subterraneans haunt the bars and clubs of San Francisco, surviving on a diet of booze and benzedrine, Proust and Verlaine. Living amongst them is Leo, an aspiring writer, and Mardou, half-Indian, half-Negro, beautiful and neurotic. Their bitter-sweet and ill-starred love affair sees Kerouac at his most evocative.