{"product_id":"herbert-huncke-reader","title":"Herbert Huncke Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003e_________________\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eHerbert Huncke was the original Beat. A hustler, carny, addict, petty thief, street philosopher, and chronicler of the demimonde, he was the archetype on which a generation modeled itself. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\nIn the 1940s, Huncke befriended the young William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, guiding them through New York's underground and introducing them to a world of volatile experience they had never imagined. His extraordinary ability to relate his life story in pared-down, unaffected prose inspired them to create a new type of literature, free of constraint and self-consciousness. Huncke's work is a vital part of Beat literature, but until now has remained relatively unknown. \n\n\u003ci\u003eThe Herbert Huncke Reader\u003c\/i\u003e includes the full texts of Huncke's long out-of-print classics, \u003ci\u003eHuncke's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Sun Turned Crimson; \u003c\/i\u003eexcerpts from his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eGuilty of Everything; \u003c\/i\u003eand a wide selection from his unpublished letters and diaries.\n\u003cb\u003e_________________\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225981768024,"sku":"9780747540076","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780747540076.jpg?v=1780110072","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/herbert-huncke-reader","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}