{"product_id":"2026770001976-secondhand-the-holy-barbarians","title":"The Holy Barbarians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of cultural journalism and social criticism, The Holy Barbarians chronicles the Beat Generation subculture of Venice West, California, presenting an intimate and unflinching portrait of the artists, poets, and nonconformists who rejected postwar American materialism in the late 1950s. Drawing on firsthand observation and interviews, Lipton documents the daily lives, creative philosophies, and social rituals of these self-styled bohemians, capturing their jazz-infused coffeehouses, free verse poetry, and radical rejection of mainstream values. Written with the authority of an insider — Lipton himself was a central figure in the Venice Beat scene — the narrative argues that these holy barbarians represented not mere delinquency but a genuine spiritual and artistic revolt against a conformist consumer society. The tone is passionate and polemical, blending sociological analysis with literary enthusiasm to make a compelling case for the cultural significance of a movement that mainstream America dismissed as deviant. A vital primary document of the Beat era, it stands alongside On the Road and Howl as essential testimony to one of the twentieth century's most influential countercultural upheavals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839396131035,"sku":"2026770001976-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d6e8f6b7-a65f-4c0b-92fb-ebf118df5449.png?v=1780561683","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770001976-secondhand-the-holy-barbarians","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}