Drawing upon original interviews and his own relationship with Kerouac, Ellis Amburn reveals an inner Kerouac who has not appeared in any previous biography, a man torn by his conflicting desires and beliefs. When the furor over Amburn's controversial discoveries subsides, this will be the work to which Kerouac fans and scholars turn in the future. An absorbing story, at once exhilarating and ineffably sad. - New York Times Book Review