Beautifully designed, although some of the design choices compromise the legibility of entire pages (e.g. black type on a dark gray background). The biography part is a little thin on substance, but it's the first Kerouac biography I've read, so I found it enjoyable and basically satisfying. I think somebody familiar with Kerouac's biography would probably be a little bored. More pictures and less text would have improved the book. ( )