Off the Tracks: A Beatnik Family Journey
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Off The Tracks: A Beatnik Family Journey is a coming of age novel set in the whorl of the early 1960s, when the first cracks in an idealized American life were revealing themselves. Kate, a resourceful eleven-year old girl craves home and security. Her mother Ellie falls in love with a Beatnik and adopts his alternative lifestyle in an attempt to create a new family unit. Hilarious, poignant and sad, the characters explore alternatives to conventional relationships and identities as they travel to places that are deeply affected by Cold War events.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What a short strange trip this is! Jacob is the son of Victor Maymudes, long time buddy and road manager to Dylan. The book is built around a series of 9 audio tapes made by Victor over the years and found after his death by Jacob. There's also some commentary by Jacob, mostly about his father but some about Dylan, who comes off as awkward, petty, and afraid of women here. Maybe the best part of Dylan is his need to get off alone and write. After a divorce initiated by his wife, Victor basically abandons his kids in favor of joining Dylan's endless tour. He sees how miserable Dylan's marriage to Sarah became and yet his own wife is unhappy with him, in my opinion because of incessant weed smoking. I do not see any of Victor's life as a marijuana endorsement. There is a funny encounter with the Beatles involving John's remedy for farting in a car, but no one in the entire book comes off too well. I guess the closer they get, the worser they look.