The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

Used. Paperback. Hop on the psychedelic bus with Tom Wolfe as he chronicled Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters hurtling down the highway during the heady dawn of the sixties counterculture. This brilliantly kaleidoscopic chronicle captures the psychedelic pioneers spreading the gospel of legal LSD, staging surreal jam sessions, and dodging the feds across a transcontinental trip like no other. Wolfe’s crackling, high-voltage prose matches the manic energy of his subjects, turning an eccentric social experiment into an absolute masterclass in New Journalism. It is a wildly entertaining, fast-tripping ticket to a bygone era when a busload of freaks tried to rewrite the rules of the American mind.