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(Aka Thomas Kennerly Wolfe)
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[March 2, 1931 - ] |
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1987)
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.
Kesey's Jail Journal (2003) by
Ken Kesey
Four years after the legendary 1964 bus trip
immortalized in Tom Wolfe's Electric
Kool-Aid Acid Test, Ken Kesey began serving time in San Mateo County
Jail for pot possession. Transferred to an experimental low-security
"honor camp" in the redwood forest, he spent six months clearing brush and
immersing himself in the life of the jail community, attempting to "bring
light and color" to it. "This is crazier here than the nuthouse ever was,"
Kesey noted, and proceeded to record the scene in numerous notebooks,
illustrated with intense and brilliantly colored artwork.
Upon returning to Oregon, Kesey turned the raw notebook material into an
illustrated collage that stretched across dozens of 18" x 23" boards. Upon
realizing that publication of the elaborate, handwritten book was more
than his publisher was willing to attempt, he put it aside. Almost thirty
years later he returned to the project and brought it to completion during
the final years of his life. Fans of Ken Kesey's singular American voice
will rejoice to hear it again in this unique and long-overdue volume.
Those unfamiliar with Kesey's artwork are in for a revelation.
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