{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/014312188X?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"014312188X","authors":["Barry Gifford","Lawrence Lee"],"book_id":"9780143121886","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/jack-s-book-9780143121886","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780143121886.jpg?v=d9f397924a25aade","description":"\"A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation.\" —Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties and Going All the Way First published in 1978, Jack's Book gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the \"King of the Beats.\" Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouac's story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouac's ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biography—the first of its kind—presents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780143121886","publication_date":"20120424","publisher":"Penguin Publishing Group","slug":"jack-s-book","subtitle":"An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac","title":"Jack's Book"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"ART015020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"American Art","score":0.7603,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"LIT004020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"American Lit Crit","score":0.7309,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"20th-Century America","score":0.7193,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"ART015020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"American Art","score":0.7603,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"LIT004020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"American Lit Crit","score":0.7309,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"20th-Century America","score":0.7193,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BIO007000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Writers' Lives","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"LAN002000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Writing as a Career","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"LIT004020","confidence_band":"high","label":"American Lit Crit","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"American Art","score":0.7603,"slug":"american-art"},{"label":"American Lit Crit","score":0.7309,"slug":"american-lit-crit"},{"label":"20th-Century America","score":0.7193,"slug":"20th-century-america"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in Jack Kerouac’s life and times","Readers drawn to oral accounts from Kerouac’s friends and acquaintances"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["RoseMarie Terenzio","Liz McNeil"],"book_id":"9781668018514","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781668018514.jpg?v=605d0f2214818f7b","score":0.675,"title":"JFK Jr.","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781668018514"},{"authors":["Jack Gantos"],"book_id":"9780312641573","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780312641573.jpg?v=dd930db8b633e906","score":0.6525,"title":"Hole in My Life","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780312641573"},{"authors":["Patti Smith"],"book_id":"9780060936228","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780060936228.jpg?v=75143b044ce30d42","score":0.6475,"title":"Just Kids","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780060936228"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:biography"],"label":"Biography","score":0.0744,"slug":"biography"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:biographies"],"label":"Biographies","score":0.0616,"slug":"biographies"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:writing"],"label":"Writing","score":0.051,"slug":"writing"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Short Stories","score":0.0216,"slug":"short-story"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Book Club","score":0.0215,"slug":"book-club"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Jack Kerouac’s life, The Beat Generation, Oral biography.","Themes: Biography, Biographies, Writing.","Reading lane: American Art and American Lit Crit."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in Jack Kerouac’s life and times","Readers drawn to oral accounts from Kerouac’s friends and acquaintances"],"themes":["Jack Kerouac’s life","The Beat Generation","Oral biography"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":849,"goodreads_reviews_count":44,"quality_score":0.8935}}