The British Library exhibits Jack Kerouac’s 120-foot long On the Road manuscript scroll in London for the first time

The British Library is delighted to host Jack Kerouac's 120-foot manuscript scroll of On the Road in London for the first time as part of a new exhibition. On the Road: Jack Kerouac's Manuscript Scroll explores the development of the novel that defined the Beat Generation and has become a classic of post-war American literature. The exhibition relaunches the Library's Folio Society Gallery, which has been home to British Library exhibitions including The Worlds of Mervyn Peake and A Hankering after Ghosts: Charles Dickens and the Supernatural