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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is a novel by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. It was written in 1945, a full decade before the two authors became famous as leading figures of the Beat Generation, and remained unpublished in complete form until 2008.
- William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac
- 2008
214 pages ; 22 cm. This novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers shows the two authors' developing styles. On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River.
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an engaging, fast-paced read that shows the two authors' developing styles. It is also an incomparable artifact, a legendary novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers. 214 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1945.
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Despite having one of the most unattractive titles in the history of literature, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is a highly entertaining read. This short novel describes the genesis of the Beat Generation in New York in the mid-1940s, and focuses on the murder of David Kammerer by Lucien Carr.
Nov. 10, 2008. The best thing about this collaboration between Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs is its gruesomely comic title: “And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks,” a...
10. Nov. 2009 · by William S. Burroughs (Author), Jack Kerouac (Author) 4.5 364 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. The legendary novel whose true events inspired the film KILL YOUR DARLINGS. In the summer of 1944, a shocking murder rocked the fledgling Beats.
10. Nov. 2009 · William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, both still unknown, we inspired by the crime to collaborate on a novel, a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and...
