The <strong>Star Rover</strong> is the story of San Quentin deathrow inmate Darrell Standingwho escapes the horror of prison lifeand long stretches in a straitj... » 

The Star Rover is the story of San Quentin deathrow inmate Darrell Standingwho escapes the horror of prison lifeand long stretches in a straitjacketbywithdrawing into vivid dreams of past lives including incarnations as a Frenchnobleman and an Englishman in medieval Korea. Based on the life andimprisonment of Jack Londons friend Ed Morrell this is one of the authorsmost complex and original works. As Lorenzo Carcaterra argues in hisIntroduction The Star Rover is written with energy and force brilliantlymarching between the netherworlds of brutality and beauty. This Modern LibraryPaperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition publishedin 1915. «