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Discover What Happened Later...

That is, the story of what happened after Jack Kerouac's famous work On the Road, and what happened next in the life of a young man infatuated with the legendary author. Ray Robertson's latest work follows in the footsteps of Kerouac -- and channels that great author's voice in a way only Robertson can master. Don't miss out on What Happened Later.

With the successful international release of his acclaimed novel, Moody Food, Ray brings to life the legend of Gram Parsons and the irresistible atmosphere of Toronto’s Yorkville District in the 1960’s in what critics and fans have hailed as one of the best takes on the counterculture in print, and a rock novel worthy of its subject. In What Happened Later, Ray again captures the voice of a legend. Through him, Kerouac speaks from beyond. What Happened Later is the spiritual successor to On The Road, and a must-read for anyone interested in the era, in Kerouac, and in great literature.

"In a prose honed to a beautiful, seeming casualness, Ray Robertson sets off on his own road with Jack Kerouac to see if he too, like Jack, can strike four seconds of lightning in the cloudless skies, if he too can make a little noise in the big silence. He does, this is it, this is lightning."

—Barry Callaghan (author of Between Trains and
Barrelhouse Kings)

"Ray Robertson is the Jerry Lee Lewis of North American Letters."

—Chuck Kinder (author of Honeymooners and The Last Mountain Dancer)

A graduate of the University of Toronto with High Distinction with a B.A. in philosophy and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Southwest Texas State University, Ray is a contributing book reviewer to the Toronto Globe and Mail, appears regularly on TVO's Imprint and CBC's Talking Books, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Toronto.

He is the author of the novels Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food, Gently Down the Stream, What Happened Later, and a collection of non-fiction, Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing.

"A writer of genuine gifts."

—Richard Currey (author of Fatal Light and Lost Highway)