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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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In Tom Wolfe
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) became a classic of 1960s counterculture. It recounts the adventures of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, who were known for using psychedelic drugs, especially LSD. Wolfe’s other nonfiction works included Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (1970),…
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In Ken Kesey
…many of their adventures in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968). In 1967 Kesey fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution for possession of marijuana. He returned to California, served a brief sentence, and then moved to a farm near Eugene, Oregon.
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