In this fascinating and informative exploration of the relationship between drugs and literature, the reader will discover the lives and writings of three celebrated 'beat' writers: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. In examining the drugs they used and the consequent effects on how they lived, what they wrote about, and how they wrote, the author offers an intriguing study of the role of drugs in the creative process. read more

Johnny Begoode has an idyllic life as an expatriate English teacher in the South of France: a country home, a loving wife and children, financial security. But then news of the death of his mother coincides with the arrival in class of a new student - the beautiful, mysterious and seductive Angelique... read more

Johnny Barleycorn tells the story of a long-sober alcoholic's struggle with the bottle, illicit romance and his infidelity on a trip to Ireland. It's a dramatic tale punctuated by remembrances of the many misadventures in Johnny's intercontinental drinking career and his salvation in Alcoholics Anonymous... read more

Johnny Who? takes the reader on a sexual odyssey. Beginning with his childhood in Middle America and carrying on to middle age as an expatriate teacher in France, Johnny's sexual exploits trace out a trajectory of licentiousness, with escapades in various cities around the USA, Mexico, the Caribbean and France... read more