{"product_id":"baby-driver-9781915368416","title":"Baby Driver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Kerouac, the only child of Jack Kerouac, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003epublished her autobiographical novel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaby Driver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein 1981. Unacknowledged by \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eher father, she is haunted by the absence of his love. With a graceful, sometimes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003edisturbing detachment and intense lyricism, she explores the soul \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof a woman on her own road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Amanda Fortini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutsider Classics is Dead Ink's resurrection ground for the strange, the silenced, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the outcast. This series exhumes lost literary voices that were ahead of their \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etime to restore them to the cult status they always deserved. From forgotten \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003emasterpieces to once-censored provocations, each title is a reaction against the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecanon curated for readers who want to stray into the margins and away from the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003emainstream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Was it January or February? The coconut fronds waving, shining like green hair i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en the sun, gave no clue.\" Fifteen-year-old Jan is pregnant, gamely living off \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003erice and whatever fish her boyfriend John can catch in Yelapa, Mexico. She and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn, who introduced her to Beckett, Kafka, Joyce, and Dostoevsky, are writing a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003enovel together. Before she can leave for Guadalajara where she plans to deliver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eher baby, she goes into labor three months early, and the baby is stillborn. She \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eturns sixteen soon after and decides to head north. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Kerouac, the only child of Jack Kerouac and Joan Haverty Kerouac, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003epublished her autobiographical novel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaby Driver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein 1981. Unacknowledged by \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eher father, she is haunted by the absence of his love. With a graceful, sometimes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003edisturbing detachment and intense lyricism, she explores the freewheeling soul \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof a woman on her own road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom an adolescence on the Lower East Side of Manhattan dropping LSD and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003edoing time in detention homes, to the peace movement in Haight-Ashbury and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington state, to traveling by bus through Central America with a madman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efor a lover, Jan lives by her wits and whims, rhapsodic and irrepressible.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781915368416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Dead Ink Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Kerouac (1952-1996) was the only daughter of Jack Kerouac and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe author of the autobiographical novels \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaby Driver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrainsong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParrot Fever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Jan Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48781300957401,"sku":"9781915368416","price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/71z4qcILhFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780588767","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/baby-driver-9781915368416","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}