Pure act: the uncommon life of Robert Lax

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Going Back 1

1. A Mutual Wonder-field

2. Ends and Means

3. Portals to a Land of Dusk

4. The Cottage

5. Lo, the sun walks forth!

6. Suicide Notes

7. The Scream

8. Aquinas and the Circus Beckon

9. The Siren Call of Hollywood

10. On the Road with the Cristianis

11. Being a Presence in Post-War Marseilles

12. Entering the Mouth of the Lion

13. Paris, Pax and Kerouac

14. Inspiration in a Greek Diner

15. A New Poetics

16. Original Child Bomb and an Island Home

17. The Sorrow of the Sponge Diver

18. A Saint of the Avant-Garde

19. Alone in the World

20. A Galapagos of the Spirit

21. All Thoughts as They Come

22. The Flaw in the Ideal

23. Hell Hath No Fury

24. Finding a Common Language

25. Pure Act Becomes Pure Love

26. The Peacemaker's Handbook

Epilogue: The Singer and the Song

Source Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgements.