The subterraneans
(Book)

"An Evergreen book, E-99"

"Evergreen original"

"Published in three editions [i.e. issues]: An evergreen book (E-99), a hard bound edition, a specially bound limited edition of 100 numbered copies"--Title page verso.

"A Grove Press outrider book."

Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classic, On The Road. Centering on the tempestuous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the 1950s San Francisco underground--The Subterraneans is a tale of dark alleys and dark rooms, of artists, of visionaries, and adventures existing outside mainstream America's field of vision.--Page 4 of cover.