A Blue Hand - The Beats in India

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Deborah BakerPublisher: PenguinYear: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 246ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780670082285 DescriptionIn 1961, Allen Ginsberg left New York by boat for Bombay. He brought with him his troubled lover, Peter Orlovsky, and a plan to meet up with poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. He left behind not only fellow Beats Jock Kerouac, Gregory Corso, and William Burroughts but also the relentless notoriety that followed the publication of Howl, the epic work that branded him the voice of a generation. Drawing from extensive research, undiscovered letters, journals and memoirs, acclaimed biographer Deborah Baker has woven a many-layered literary mystery out of Ginsberg’s odyssey. A Blue Hand follows the poet and his companions as they travel from the ashrams of the Himalayan foothills to Delhi opium dens and the burning pyres of Benares. They encounter an India of charlatans and saints a country of s