Celebrate 60 years of Jack Kerouac on the road at tripsideways.com

(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED KINGDOM - September 26th, 2011 - 60 years ago Jack Kerouac wrote "The road is life" in his inspiring masterpiece On the Road, which was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. His eulogy to the Beat Generation that celebrates the freedom and rewards of spontaneous travel across the US lives on, and continues to inspire writers and travellers across the world.

Written by Kerouac in April 1951, On the Road is largely an autobiographical work based on real life friends, lovers and travellers he met on his journeys. It is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences.

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The Dharma Bums.

Download On the Road on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005BPAFKO

New release: September 2011

Leaving London
by Simon Raven, Chris Raven

The sudden break up with girlfriend Emily Willow finds Simon Raven, ex-amateur rock God and bored internet producer, on a Boeing 747 bound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to exchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a buttock-clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse Interstate Highway 15 through backcountry America.

Along the way our hapless heroes bumble through bear infested wilderness, meet the eccentric and plain weird on the American freeway, escape a bullwhip wielding maniac in Montana and survive the evils of Las Vegas. Testing their friendship to the limit as they battle to reach their nirvana, which exists in the form of the bikini beaches of California, the brothers find inspiration on a journey that exposes the stark truth about work and relationships and which asks the question - what do you really want to do with your life?

Poignant, candid and true, Leaving London is honestly written and hilariously funny.

Download Leaving London on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005P7E9L4

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