Ken Kesey
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Kenneth Elton Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
Photo of Kesey from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a 1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe written in the New Journalism literary style. The book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and a group o
Ken Kesey
…including Neal Cassady and other friends, who became collectively known as the Merry Pranksters. As documented in Tom Wolfe's 1968 New Journalism book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, some of the parties were promoted to the public as Acid Tests, and integrated the consumption of LSD with multimedia performances. He mentored the…
Cover of the first US Edition
An Acid Test invitation from 1965