In need of solace, Jack Kerouac slips into self-imposed exile, via a retreat at his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in seaside Big Sur, CA. Within a few days, however, he grows equally restless there and heads back to San Francisco to fraternize with Ferlinghetti and other buddies, including Neal Cassady, a married man who introduces Jack to his mistress, beautiful single mother Billie.
