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
Cover of the first US Edition
An Acid Test invitation from 1965
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The Merry Pranksters were followers of American author Ken Kesey. Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological signific
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
…Journalism literary style. The book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and a group of psychedelic enthusiasts, known as the Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the United States in a colorfully-painted school bus they called Furthur. Kesey and the Pranksters became famous for their use of…
Furthur, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' second bus