On the Wagon

Author(s): Lennox Nicholson

Memoir & Biography

Jack Kerouac's On the Road helped to define freedom for a generation. But when a young recovering alcoholic turned to the Beat classic for inspiration, he saw more warning signs and wreckages than enlightenment and self-discovery. Was that really freedom?


Setting off from Australia, Lennox Nicholson retraces the journey of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty but with one crucial twist - he will try to stay sober. Instead of booze, Benzos and stolen cars he will rely on the generosity of strangers he meets in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).


Along the way, Nicholson talks freedom with everyone he meets. In comparing his own experiences of excess, indulgence and freedom to that celebrated by the Beat writers, he discovers that the chalk-and-cheese forces of Beat and AA have plenty to learn from one another.

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Lennox Nicholson arrived at the end of his twenties with a desk full of unfinished stories, synopses, screenplays and a severe drinking and drug problem. Sobering up, he completed a Bachelor of Writing & Publishing at NMIT and an internship with Affirm Press. He lives in Melbourne, with no pets, no kids and no hangovers. ON THE WAGON is his first book.

General Fields

  • : 9781925344578
  • : Affirm Press
  • : Affirm Press
  • : 0.3
  • : January 2017
  • : 23.40 cmmm X 15.30 cmmm
  • : Australia
  • : February 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 256
  • : Paperback
  • : Lennox Nicholson