A love story
Today i thought i'd tell you about a book which arrived in the post today.It is only a small paperback but i think it is great.It is called Maggie Cassidy, A Love Story by Jack Kerouac.A first edition published by Avon in the USA in 1959.Maggie Cassidy was a fictionalised account of Jack's relationship with his first love Mary Carney.As you can see it is signed 'John L. Kerouac' which is Jack's real name and the name under which his first novel The Town And The City was published many years earlier.It seems a bit formal to call himself John when everyone knows him as Jack.On the opposite page he has written Dear Jerce-sweetheart-June 13 1960.Jack Kerouac has been a favourite writer of mine for decades so it is great to own a book signed by him.