And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

I don't know where to start with this review. This book meant so much to me. Yet, I know for many people it wouldn't be a good read. It's the only novel Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs ever wrote together, and it sat under floorboards for decades before finally getting published only a few yea......more

The Beat-lunatic's dream book. William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac's first book - and not only that but the only book that they wrote together. Written in 1945, the story is based on their friend Lucian Carr who murdered another friend of everyone's at that time. Burroughs would write one chapter a......more

Nessun ippopotamo è stato ferito per la creazione di questo libro. L’insolito titolo prende spunto da un incidente realmente accaduto nel 1944: l’incendio in un circo del Connecticut, passato alla storia come “Il giorno in cui i clown piansero.” Nel 1944, gli appena ventenni Jack Kerouac e William Bur......more

There can be no better introduction to the "beat generation" than the book that launched it all, co-written by two of the pillars of the movement. It is based on factual events and wasn't published until after both authors had died. It is an entertaining read. Essential to its understanding is the b......more