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Dean Moriarty's father... Dean Moriarty."
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You can't just say it once.
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You have to try to fill that void by saying it two times
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and by invoking his father a third time.
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So the excess and the longing are there,
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each trying to drive or satisfy the other.
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Now, if we have any doubts that On the Road is mythic in itself,
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I just want to show you quickly two things.
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In 2007, On the Road had its fiftieth anniversary of publication.
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It was written in 1951
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and it was published in 1957 by Viking.
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So last year we were treated to these two books.