The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
โ Scribed by Tom Wolfe
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 669
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all along the way. Long considered one of the greatest books about the history of the hippies, Wolfe's ability to research like a reporter and simultaneously evoke the hallucinogenic indulgence of the era ensures that this book, written in 1967, will live long in the counter-culture canon of American literature.
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Tom Wolfe's <i>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test </i>ushered in an era of New Journalism, "An American classic" (<i>Newsweek</i>) that defined a generation. "An astonishing book" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, LSD, and the 1960s.