Readers include: Jim Carroll, Ellis Paul, Kate Pierson, Robert Creeley, Graham Parker, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bill Janovitz, Robert Hunter. Musicians for John Medeski score: John Medeski: piano, organ, arp strings, Mellotron; Eric Hippe: saxophone; Mike Rivard: acoustic bass, electric bass, effects, sintir; Kenney Wollesen: drums, persucussion. "Special multi-media edition includes: 2 CD audio version of the screenplay, unabridged original screenplay text, 74 illustrations by Richard Sala." Compact disc. Previously unpublished screenplay adaptation of the mystical vision-novel Doctor Sax. Kerouac based this haunting tale on true reflections of his 1930s childhood growing up in the industrial milltown of Lowell, Massachusetts. As concentrations of evil gather aspiring to destroy mankind, Doctor Sax, alchemist of the night and friend of children, is the caped crusader who stands against the darkness.
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