etott 's review for:

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
3.0

Bit of a letdown. Worth reading for scenes of Mill Valley; Berkeley, and West Marin. Kerouac has hiked from Stinson to the ridge and happened upon the mountain play theatre, and so have I. Very cool.

As a non-Buddhist, I found much of Dharma Bums boring and inaccessible. Perhaps I am not his intended audience.

Backcountry scenes in desolation wilderness are cool. Glad I read, probably won’t read again save for Stinson and Ridge scenes.

On The Road and Bug Sur are better.