And the Hippos Cooked in Their Pools

In the summer of 1944, after 8 months of acquaintance, Burroughs and Kerouac found themselves caught in a tragic situation: Lucien Carr, a friend of Kerouac, stabbed David Kammerer, a classmate of Burroughs. A few days later, unable to bear the torment of conscience, he surrendered to the authorities, but the police held Burroughs and Kerouac accountable for "not reporting", and Kerouac even had to spend some time behind bars. The future stars of Beat literature wrote a joint book inspired by the fresh impression of the events, each bringing a specific character of the bloody drama to life.

To the disappointment of fans, the novel "And the Hippos Cooked in Their Pools" was published only in 2008 due to legal obstacles, after Carr's death.