And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

Jack Kerouac with William S. Burroughs

4 hours, 15 minutes first pub 1945 (view editions)

fiction classics crime challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River. For eight years, Kammerer had fawned over the younger Carr, but tha...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...

Accept and close

By using The StoryGraph, you agree to our use of cookies.
We use a small number of cookies to provide you with a great experience.

Find out more