are famous writers after the publication of works such as On the Road and Howl. Style Desolation Angels is one of the longest examples of Kerouac's style of spontaneous prose at 366 pages. As with most of Kerouac's work, Desolation Angels is long-form prose poetry composed as a memoir-novel. Kerouac used the style of spontaneous prose in most of his books, such as The Subterraneans, Maggie Cassidy and On the Road, amongst others in the Duluoz Legend. The novel follows an atypical chapter structure, with "chapters" ranging from small paragraphs (i.e. Book 1 Chapter 9, which is a single line) to numerous pages. Book One contains many haiku or senryū inspired poems, often at the end of a chapter, although they do not follow the typical structure of the form, besides from often having 3 lines. The book is broken up into two sections called Desolation Angels and Passing Through, which are then subdivided into many shorter parts. Each part focuses on a specific location where Kerouac is at that time. The foreword of the book mentions that Kerouac was hoping to get the second section, Passing Through, published as a standalone novel. References in popular culture Bad Company's 1979 album Desolation Angels was named after this novel. Kathy Acker's novel Kathy Goes to Haiti references this book. The Austin, Texas-based country band Reckless Kelly has a song titled "Desolation Angels". "Desolation Row", by Bob Dylan, is said to have gotten its title from this novel, and features the line "the perfect image of a priest", which Dylan quoted from this novel. Roger Daltrey mentions the book on his solo album Parting Must be Painless on the Steve Swindells' song "Dont Wait on the Stairs" The name of alt. folk group "Mt Desolation", featuring members of The Killers, Keane, Mumford and Sons, and Noah and the Whale, is based on this book and Desolation Peak. Passion Pit's song "Sleepyhead" samples a quote from this novel. T. Rex's song "Rock On" from the album The Slider features the line "Desolation Angel on the cover of my paper, loves everyone, everyone.". Everybody Wants Some, a 2016 film by Richard Linklater, shows a character reading the book. Patti Smith's song "1959" references the book with the lines, "Wisdom was a teapot pouring from above. Desolation Angels served it up with love." References 1965 American novels Beat novels Novels by Jack Kerouac Novels set