Road Freek isn't just your typical Jack-London-coming-of-age-as-a-hippie novel. No, it is more than that, much more. Because while it may contain all the standard clichés of that much over-exploited genre-the sea, the road, the revolution, the Yukon-it also goes far beyond them, delving into so many deeper and more meaningful topics that it could almost be referred to as a Jack-London-as-seeker-of-enlightenment novel. A novel which, in addition to the clichés already mentioned, is also filled with tepid insights into life and the human condition, with weak-minded reflections upon some of the great questions of philosophy, with...Well, you can just imagine the possibilities, can't you?