In August 1944, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs become involved in a murder where their friend, Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer. Something about this murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a “bohemian novel set in New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives.”
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac & William Burroughs
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Paperback, Grove Press, Published 2009, 224 pages
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In August 1944, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs become involved in a murder where their friend, Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer. Something about this murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a “bohemian novel set in New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives.”
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