American Smoke : Journeys to the End of the Light

In American Smoke, Iain Sinclair hits the road to America in the tracks of the Beats. On the trail of literary giants like Malcolm Lowry, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Charles Olson and Gary Snyder, he makes a delirious and perhaps ill-fated expedition in search of their ghosts behind mirages of volcanoes and the Old West.

It is a journey in which rumours vie with false memories and unreliable reports to steer our guide from one strange adventure into another—an odyssey in which the beginning offers no clues as to where it may end.

'A transatlantic odyssey . . . grippingly haunted' Observer
'A challenging, maddening, fascinating journey . . . enjoy Sinclair's poetic language and subtly warped sense of humour. Rich and engrossing' Metro
'Sit back and feel the invigorating pulse of beautifully crafted prose . . . wonderful' Daily Telegraph