SEA IS MY BROTHER (PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS)

This is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S.S. Westminster. Published with fragments of early stories and letters, this visceral work gives a unique insight into the young Kerouac and the formation of his genius.