A NIGHTMARE SUMMER
DULUOZ—The King of the Beatniks—tortured, broken idol of a whole generation; great, modern sex god who just wanted to be alone with his cat; all-time boozer of the century who was slowly drinking himself out of his mind.
BILLIE—his fashion-model mistress who knew every dirty trick in the book. Duluoz was her man, meal ticket and stud rolled up into one, and she wasn’t going to let him get away from her no matter what!
ELLIOT—Billie’s son—he saw things that would make any adult flinch.
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BIG SUR—the lonely, wild, surf-pounded shore where Duluoz went to hide; where the world tracked him down and made its final attempt to destroy him
“HONESTY AND NAKEDNESS”
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
