Chris Challis' "Quest for Kerouac" (1984)
London, England: Faber and Faber (book, biography), 1984. 7.75" x 4.875" x 0.5", 238 pages, softcover, perfect-bound, ISBN 0-571-13356-8. Quest for Kerouac by Chris Challis, a biography and study of the primary Beat Generation writers, including Burroughs, as published in softcover by Faber and Faber (London, England) in 1984. Cover design by Pentagram, with an illustration by Ian Pollock. As noted on the back cover: "In the context of a sharply observed and highly entertaining view of contemporary America as seen 'on the road,' is a considered assessment of the work of, among others, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso as well as that of Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady." Appendix 2, the "Selected Pseudonyms in Books Discussed in the Text," lists the pseudonyms for William S. Burroughs — as they appear in Kerouac's novels. There are multiple references to Burroughs throughout the book, as well as exc...
