“I begin to realize right then and there that ‘success’ is when you can’t enjoy your food any more in peace.”
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The contents of the letter show how Kerouac felt after becoming an "overnight success" due to the rave reviews of On the Road, why he planned on titling his next novel Spotlight, and how he was "booed" at Brandeis University "for arguing about peace with the editor of the New York Post."