cover image Off the Road

Off the Road

Carolyn Cassady. Penguin Books, $16 (464pp) ISBN 978-0-14-015390-3

Infidelity, drugs, road trips and encounters with legendary Beats characterized the author's 15-year marriage to Neal Cassady, during which she had an affair with Jack Kerouac and shared Neal with Allen Ginsberg. ``To the familiar history of the Beat generation, Carolyn Cassady adds a proprietary chapter marked with newness, self-exposure, love and poignancy,'' said PW. Photos. (Aug.)