The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 031242759X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An astonishing book" (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, LSD, and the 1960s.. Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test ushered in an era of New Journalism, "An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation
The true story of the birth of the 60's counterculture revolution Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters become larger than life characters in Tom Wolfe's novelistic treatment of this true story based on extensive interviews with the people involved. This is like Gonzo journalism. I don't know if this predated Hunter S. Thompson, but the style is very entertaining and propels you into the stor. A glimpse into the bus Phil A great book, one of my favorites. Fascinating subject, fun to read, and extremely well written, especially since it's narrative non-fiction. Given that half of the action occurs in the characters' minds, and given that three fourths of that is neither real nor readily describable, it has to be said that Wolfe did a truly ex. R. Schwartz said Great History of the American Psychedelic Acid Movement. This book is around Great History of the American Psychedelic Acid Movement R. Schwartz This book is around 400 pages and a very detailed history, many stories, and it's hard to remember all the facts, you'll have to read the book yourself for that. The story is of the "Intrepid Travelers," Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, a communal group of acid ingesters who were the progenitors of the acid consciousness . 00 pages and a very detailed history, many stories, and it's hard to remember all the facts, you'll have to read the book yourself for that. The story is of the "Intrepid Travelers," Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, a communal group of acid ingesters who were the progenitors of the acid consciousness
They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But in those years, Kesey's life was his work, and Wolfe infinitely multiplied the multitudes who got tootled by writing this major literary-journalistic monument to a resonant pop-culture moment. Kesey temporarily renounced his literary magic for the cause of "tootling the multitudes"--making a spectacle of himself--and Prankster Robert Stone had to flee Kesey's wild party to get his life's work done. --Tim Appelo. By taking On the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a