The Beat Generation: A Beginner’s Guide

　　The relaxed, gritty and candid writing of the revolutionary Beat Generation, including Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl, has inspired generations. In his chronicle of the inner workings of the Beat movement and its members, Christopher Gair reveals why their fresh approach to literature and a bohemian lifestyle has created one of the most important movements in American literature that has influenced everything from bebop to the Beastie Boys.