num_pages: 512
description: 'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' - Kerouac on "The Town and the City". Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood.
language: English
title: The Town and the City
titlecomplete: The Town and the City
genres: Classics, Travel, Fiction, The United States Of America, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Unfinished, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 3621
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Penguin Classics