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All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity

Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife

he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war

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The Dharma Bums Business_Gift_Guide All Boys Aren't Blue coversOne of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid 1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac.