The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, Geoff Dyer "Tom Wolfes seminal portrait of Ken Kesey, one of the most magnetic figures of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, and his band of Merry Pranksters"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Now featuring an introduction by Geoff Dyer, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a wild, psychedelic, utterly Wolfe-ian romp through the rise of the counterculture movement of the 1960s.The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfes seminal portrait of Ken Kesey, one of the most magnetic figures of the 1960s, and his band of Merry Pranksters. Along the way, even as Wolfe vividly recounts the groups infamous Acid Tests and the countrys changing attitudes toward psychedelic drugs, he ropes in a whos who of the early years of the hippie movement, from the Hells Angels to the Grateful Dead to Allen Ginsberg. Wolfes clear, unblinking depiction of the travels, experiments, and exploits of his subjects have made his book the quintessential text in New Journalism, which he was instrumental in creating. Readers will find an unparalleled examination of this pivotal moment in American history. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a prescient, evergreen classic, as groundbreaking now as it was when it first stormed onto the scene and forever changed what we thought nonfiction was capable of. Author Biography Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) was one of the founders of the New Journalism movement and the author of more than a dozen books, including such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, as well as the novels The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. He is credited with coining the term "the Me Decade." Among his many honors, he was awarded the National Book Award, the John Dos Passos Prize, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, the National Humanities Medal, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lived in New York City. Review "Tom Wolfe is a groove and a gas. Everyone should send him money and other fine things. Hats off to Tom Wolfe!" --Terry Southern "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is not simply the best book on the hippies, it is the essential book . . . the pushing, ballooning heart of the matter . . . Vibrating dazzle!" --The New York Times "Some consider Mailer our greatest journalist; my candidate is Wolfe." --Studs Terkel, Book Week "A Day-Glo book, illuminating, merry, surreal!" --The Washington Post "Electrifying." --San Francisco Chronicle "An amazing book . . . A book that definitely gives Wolfe the edge on the nonfiction novel." --The Village Voice "Among journalists, Wolfe is a genuine poet; what makes him so good is his ability to get inside, to not merely describe (although he is a superb reporter), but to get under the skin of a phenomenon and transmit its metabolic rhythm." --Newsweek Details ISBN1250321700 Author Geoff Dyer Pages 448 Publisher St Martins Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781250321701 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-08-27 Imprint St Martins Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 362.290973 Audience General US Release Date 2024-08-27 Language English ISBN-10 1250321700 UK Release Date 2024-08-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161279576;

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