Visions of Gerard

<p><b>'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes' <p>Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', <i>Visions of Gerard</i> forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'. </b> <p>Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. It is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of existence. <p>'Called a "pain-tale" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering' <i>Guardian</i></p>