This definitive Kerouac collection--the only anthology of his work ever published--is an essential introduction to one of the country's most influential writers. 'Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.'--The New York Times Book Review This one-volume omnibus, planned by Kerouac himself before his death and completed by his biographer, Ann Charters, makes clear the ambition and accomplishment of Jack Kerouac's 'Legend of Duluoz'--the story of his life told in the course of his many 'true-story novels.' As Kerouac once wrote, 'The whole thing forms one enormous comedy, seen through the eyes of poor Ti Jean (me), otherwise known as Jack Duluoz, the world of raging action and folly and also of gentle sweetness seen through the keyhole of his eye.' This compilation presents selections from the 'Legend of Duluoz' novels, in chronological order, from Dr. Sax to On the Road to Big Sur, and also