Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Dog Soldiers is also interesting for its Beat
connections. The Ray
> Hicks character is based on Neal Cassady (down to
the walking along the
> train tracks scene), whom Stone knew while "on the
bus" with Ken Kesey.
Neal Cassady is, of course, the model for the protagonist of
Jack Kerouac's On the Road. But I wasn't aware of the
connection to Dog Soldiers. Guess it's time to reread both of
them.
BobT
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