The typewriter is holy : the complete, uncensored history of the Beat Generation - Morgan, Bill, 1949- (New York : Free Press, 2010)
Friendship and murder -- The lumpen world -- The Adonis of Denver -- Insanity -- The subterraneans -- Literary lives -- The name of a generation -- To the west coast -- Nightmare of Moloch -- The six gallery -- Desolation and loneliness -- Censorship and vindication -- Fame -- The threads loosen -- The circle widens -- Cut-ups -- Bitter fruits -- Setting the global stage -- A culture turned upside down -- The sixties -- The end of the road -- Aftermath -- Respectability -- Acceptance -- Postscript.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.
Keywords: Beat generation; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism