Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac, a hallmark writer (perhaps the hallmark writer) of the beat generation,     wanders aimlessly through the recesses of an early-50's San Francisco in this classic novel. Both difficult to characterize, and delightful to encounter, this novel tumbles through a barrage of odd characters, riotous, anarchic behaviors, and prolific discussion of literature and poetry, and prose.  

Paperback, 224 pages, Penguin Classics, 8 ¼” x 5 ¾”