Thought he heard God when he was six, while praying his rosary. Brother died at nine and said he saw the Virgin Mary as he was dying. Played football. Got a scholarship to Notre Dame. Went to Columbia. Joined the Merchant Marines and then the Navy. Wrote frenetically while traveling. Was discharged for having a schizoid personality. Went to jail for helping to cover up a murder. Recommend On the Road. Is about him and a buddy, another Catholic, who drove around America in search of God. Claimed to have found him in the sky and the heat and the bustle. Great book.