RITUAL IN THE DARK by Colin Wilson (Victor Gollancz, 1960)
When he wrote his first novel, Colin Wilson was familiar with the work
of the Beats, had already met Gregory Corso and Kenneth Rexroth in
England, and later knew Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
who published Wilson's Poetry & Mysticism (City Lights, 1969).
Wilson had arranged to meet Kerouac for dinner in Florida, 1967, but
when the time came, Kerouac's friend Cliff Anderson arrived alone,
saying that Jack had been drinking heavily that afternoon, and he'd
been forced to take him home.

Character name: Real name:
 
Rudi "Jimmy" James Allen Ginsberg / Gregory Corso
Cal Teschmeyer Jack Kerouac

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THE MIND PARASITES by Colin Wilson (Arthur Barker, 1967)
 
Character name: Real name:
 
Felix Hazard William S. Burroughs

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