Beatdown of Kerouac's "On the Road"

This is one of the funniest and most devastating reviews I've ever read...

Book Review: On the Road

There’s a story about a TV guide that summarized The Wizard of Oz as “Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets, then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.”

It’s funny because it mistakes a tale of wonder and adventure for a crime spree. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road is the opposite; a crime spree that gets mistaken for a tale of wonder and adventure...
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Published on January 05, 2015 11:12
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