Which Beat writer published the novel Desolation Angels in 1965?

Jack Kerouac published the novel Desolation Angels in 1965.

The novel draws on Kerouac’s travels and spiritual searching, including experiences connected with Buddhist practice and time spent in remote settings. Its narrator, Jack Duluoz, is Kerouac’s recurring fictional alter ego, linking the book to several of his other novels.

Desolation Angels was written during the period when Kerouac’s reputation had already been established by On the Road and The Dharma Bums. It presents a more reflective and often darker view of travel, friendship, artistic identity, and the fading energy of the Beat years.

The title is sometimes confused with Kerouac’s earlier travel writing or with works by other Beat authors. Desolation Angels is specifically a Kerouac novel and was published in 1965.