The holy barbarians

Reprint of 1959 edition. Hardbound 328pp. Mr. Liptons book is the first complete and unbiased survey of the beat generation and its role in our society. Here are the intimate facts about these people and their attitudes-toward sex dope jazz art religion parents landlords employers politicians draft boards the law and most important toward the square. The author presents a picture of their way of life their individual backgrounds the language they have appropriated in terms made clear for the first time to those of us who have been confused and puzzled about them. He also provides a balanced discussion of their literature art and music of what they produce and fail to produce in the arts they practice.