Driven mad by three years of endless telegrams phonecalls mail reporters and snoopers in the
wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road Jack Kerouac 'King of the Beats' needs peace
quiet and sobriety: surrounded and outnumbered he has to 'get away to solitude again or die'.
Amidst the wild beauty of the Californian landscape Kerouac struggles to come to terms with
his own myth and its malign impact upon his life. The result is a moving account of a man
struggling with inner demons: blessed by great talent and cursed with an urge towards
self-destruction - a path lined with double bourbons Manhattans and scotch ...
