The Dharma Bums
Author: Jack Kerouac
Desc: Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts poetry jam sessions and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac's expansiveness humor and a contagious zest for life.