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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a 1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe [2] written in the New Journalism literary style. By 1970, this style began to be referred to as Gonzo journalism, a term coined for the work of Hunter S. Thompson.
Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (an account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) and two collections of articles and essays, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby ...
During 1964, Cassady served as the main driver of the bus named Furthur on the iconic first half of the journey from San Francisco to New York, which was immortalized by Tom Wolfe's book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968).
The Pump House Gang is a 1968 collection of essays and articles by Tom Wolfe.The pieces in the book explore various aspects of the counterculture of the 1960s.The title essay is based on a two-part New York Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine article titled The New Life Out There, [1] about Jack Macpherson and his social circle of surfers that congregated at a sewage pump house at Windansea Beach ...
Ken Elton Kesey (/ ˈ k iː z iː /; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) 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.
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe.The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.
His memoir, Famous People I Have Known, humorously recollects many of his Prankster experiences, and Tom Wolfe's bestseller, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, gave it worldwide notoriety. [2] In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. [3]
A syncretic work combining a Tibetan Buddhist holy book with the psychedelic experience, The Book – On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, by Alan Watts, 1966. ISBN 0-679-72300-5; The Medium is the Massage, by Marshall McLuhan, 1967; The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe, 1968, about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters