Big Sur: Jack Kerouac

Driven mad by three years of endless phonecalls, mail, reporters and snoopers in the wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac, `King of the Beats`, needs peace, quiet and sobriety: surrounded and outnumbered he has to `get away to solitude again or die`. Amidst the wild beauty of the Californian landscape, Kerouac struggles to come to terms with his own myth and its malign impact upon his life. The result is a moving account of a man struggling with inner demons: blessed by great talent and cursed with an urge towards self-destruction - a path lined with double bourbons, Manhattans and scotch ...