- Vanity of Duluoz
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name = Vanity of Duluoz
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author =Jack Kerouac
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Semi-autobiographical novel
publisher =Coward-McCann
release_date = 1968
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 272 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-14-023639-2
preceded_by =Satori in Paris (1966)
followed_by = Pic (1971)"Vanity of Duluoz" (full title "Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46") is a 1968
semi-autobiographical novel byJack Kerouac (ISBN 0-14-023639-2). The book describes the adventures of Kerouac'salter ego , Jack Duluoz, covering the period of his life between 1935 and 1946. The book includes reminiscences of the author's highschool experiences inLowell, Massachusetts , his education atColumbia University , and his subsequent naval service duringWorld War II . It culminates with the beginnings of the beat movement. It was the last work published before Kerouac's death in 1969.
=Character Key Sandison, Daivd. "Jeck Kerouac: An Illustrated Biography." Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 1999] =References
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