bOne of the renowned Beat writer's most formally inventive books, iMexico City Bluesi is Jack Kerouac's essential work of lyric verse, now reissued following his centenary celebrationbpWritten between 1954 and 1957, and published originally by Grove Press in 1959, iMexico City Bluesi is Kerouac's most important verse work. It incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are lyrically combined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues. Written while Kerouac was living in Mexico City, and with references to William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, this exciting book in Kerouac's oeuvre is an original and moving epic of sound, rhythm, and religion.p