Blue Hand The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India

Name: Blue Hand The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
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ISBN: 9780143114833

ISBN-10: 0143114832

ISBN-13: 9780143114833

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Authors: Deb Baker

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In this engrossing new piece of Beat history, Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker takes us back to the moment when America’s edgiest writers looked to India for answers as India looked to the West. It was 1961 when Allen Ginsberg left New York by boat for Bombay, where he hoped to meet poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. Baker follows Ginsberg and his companions as they travel from ashram to opium den. Exposing an overlooked chapter of the literary past, A Blue Handwill delight all those who continue to cherish the frenzied creativity of the Beats.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Deb Baker (Wisconsin) grew up in Michigan#39;s Upper Peninsula. She is a member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the International Sled Dog Association, where she actively races sled dogs. Her short stories have appeared in many literary journals, including Passages North and Room of One#39;s Own . Her debut novel, Murder Passes the Buck , won Best of Show in the Authorlink 2003 New Author Awards Competition.