What is the author's style in Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac?

In first person, Kerouac relays nearly a year's adventures and travels while in the midst of a change in the face of literature in the 1950s. By using the first person, Kerouac is able to add a depth and character to a work that might otherwise seem forced or unrealistic. The personal experiences especially ring true, flavored by Kerouac's unusual use of descriptive language.

The language in Desolation Angels is a mix of well-educated reasoning, generational slangs, and at times, utters nonsense. Kerouac and Burroughs were well-known for disjointed thinking, often putting words together just to hear the resulting sound. At times, these conglomerations are amusing and insightful, at other times, poems and sentences make no sense and any meaning that might have been underlying is lost.