{"product_id":"challis-chris-jack-kerouac-charles-bukowski-and-me-1993-4815","title":"Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and Me.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A poetic history\" Inscribed to the memory of Jack Kerouac and illustrated by Peter Gilroy. Map, cover and layour by Nick Noton.\u003cbr\u003eRutland: The Morcott Private Press.. 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_desc\"\u003eLimited edition. 208x208mm. pp. x, 24. Illustrated card wrappers. Some light marking and browning to the covers and a mark to the top right corner of the first three leaves. Otherwise in excellent condition throughout. This copy is one of twenty-six lettered copies (it is \"B\") signed by the English Beat poet Chris Challis and with an extra handwritten poem on the inside back cover: \"The road promised every adventure, so you hit the road Jack. The only trouble with it was the road hit you right back\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_desc\"\u003eChallis was probably closer to the spirit of the Beats than any other English writer. His 1984 \u003cem\u003eQuest for Kerouac \u003c\/em\u003eis a combination of travelogue, picaresque novel and critique. Challis's ability to imagine himself into the world of the Beats is evident in this collection, the title poem of which relates a long, wild journey taken by Challis with Kerouac and Bukowski.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_note\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[ref. 4815]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_prov\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_biblio\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHALLIS, Chris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64190537859449,"sku":"4815","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1484\/0910\/files\/Scan_20260801.jpg?v=1786201845","url":"https:\/\/voewoodrarebooks.com\/products\/challis-chris-jack-kerouac-charles-bukowski-and-me-1993-4815","provider":"Voewood Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}