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Big Sur

Big Sur
  • Author(s): Jack Kerouac
  • Location(s): Big Sur
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

In 1960 Jack Kerouac was near breaking point. Driven mad by constant press attention in the wake of the publication of On the Road, he needed to ‘get away to solitude again or die’, so he withdrew to a cabin...

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch
  • Author(s): Henry Miller
  • Location(s): Big Sur
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

This book recounts Miller’s life in Big Sur, and is a perfect rendition of time and place. The quality of writing is tremendous, and the passion for the area really comes through in the writing.

Double Blind

Double Blind
  • Author(s): Edward St Aubyn
  • Location(s): England, Antibes, Big Sur
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set between London, Cap d’Antibes, Big Sur and a re-wilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics...

Love, Lies & A Bleu Christmas

Love, Lies & A Bleu Christmas
  • Author(s): Rebecca Rohman
  • Location(s): Paris, Big Sur, Salzburg, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Present Day

When Bleu Resorts owner, Jada Kole decided it would be a good idea to keep a secret from her husband, it never once occurred to her that he might have an even more stunning secret than hers. The last...

Love, Lies & The D.A.

Love, Lies & The D.A.
  • Author(s): Rebecca Rohman
  • Location(s): Patagonia (Chile), Big Sur, Lake Tahoe (Nevada), Montana, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Present Day

Jada McLean is about to get married in nine days when she walks in on her fiancé in a little more than a compromising position. Days later, she’s on a trip that she intends to be relaxing and a...

The Unwedding

The Unwedding
  • Author(s): Ally Condie
  • Location(s): Big Sur
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE JUNE 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK! #destinationthriller Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken...

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