{"product_id":"9780470237694","title":"Paradise Road","description":"Noted writer Jay Atkinson recreates Jack Kerouac's legendary \"On the Road\"  journeys in contemporary North America. Jack Kerouac's iconic 1950s novel \"On  the Road\" is a Beat Generation classic, chronicling the adventures and  misadventures of Kerouac's travels crisscrossing North America with Neal  Cassady, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and other colorful companions.  Now gifted writer Jay Atkinson hits the road to retrace Kerouac's legendary  journey today. The author's experiences offer fascinating insights on  American culture and society then and now and illuminate his own quest for  self-understanding and discovery. It contrasts the life and landscape of  Kerouac's 1940s and 1950s America with the realities today. It is filled with  unexpected adventures and strangers encountered on Atkinson's trips to New  York, New Orleans, Chicago, Denver, Mexico City, and the California coast. It  reveals Atkinson's engaging reflections on the search for personal identity  and self. Other titles by Jay Atkinson include: \"Ice Time\" (a \"Publishers Weekly\"  Notable Book of the Year) and \"Legends of Winter Hill\" (a \"Boston Globe\"  bestseller) as well as the novels, \"City in Amber and \"Caveman Politics\".  Absorbing and beautifully written, \"Paradise Road\" is essential reading for  Kerouac fans as well as lovers of engaging travel memoirs and anyone  interested in American life and culture.","brand":"Jay Atkinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45775987605822,"sku":"9780470237694","price":592.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780470237694_fd963c57-d89f-4e4a-92e1-20d678a559b9.jpg?v=1707256879","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780470237694","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}