the Burroughs Adding Machine Computer, which was invented by Burroughs' Grandfather, on the final page of Book 2, Part Two. The trust-fund money that Burroughs lives off of in Tangiers comes from this invention. Plot Desolation Angels follows the travels of Jack Duluoz and contains two books, totaling six parts all-together. Book 1: Desolation Angels contains Part One: Desolation in Solitude and Part Two: Desolation in the World, totaling 102 chapters. Book 2: Passing Through contains Part One: Passing Through Mexico, Part Two: Passing Through New York, Part Three: Passing through Tangiers, France and London, and Part Four: Passing Through America Again, coming to a total of 84 chapters, despite being the longer book of the novel. The novel's events take place from 1956-1957, and depict Kerouac's life after the events of The Dharma Bums, immediately before the publication of On The Road, through the character Jack Duluoz. Throughout the novel, Kerouac's group of friends are referred to as "The Desolation Angels", regardless of how many people are present at any time. Since all the characters names are often considered pseudonyms for the people that inspired them, they will largely be referred to in this article using their real world names. Book One: Desolation Angels Part One: Desolation in Solitude According to the book's foreword, the opening section of the novel is taken almost directly from the journal he kept when he was a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascade mountains of Washington state. Another account of this time was published in Kerouac's 1960 book of sketches and essays Lonesome Traveler. The first section, typed up in Mexico in 1956, depicts Jack Kerouac's time as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak during the summer of 1956, beginning almost immediately after the conclusion of the events in Kerouac's 1959 novel The Dharma Bums. While the stay was initially spiritually fulfilling, Kerouac describes the negative effects of his 2 month solitude in lines such as “Many's the time I thought I'd die of boredom or jump off the mountain,”. He spends his time playing card games of his own creation, scribbling in notebooks, unsuccessfully attempting to quit smoking and listening to the chatter of other lookouts over the radio. Book One, Part One is notable for its description of Kerouac's interest in Zen Buddhism, and his anxiety over his mother growing old, his age and his future as a