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The Mythmaking of Jack Kerouac: The Jack Kerouac Collection (Rhino)

Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, September 1990

TRUMAN CAPOTE very nearly sank Jack Kerouac’s literary reputation with five well-chosen words that exploded like cigarette loads in the public eye.

Total word count of piece: 1912

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