The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
Taste attributes: documentarybiographyjournalisticfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is dark, heavy and sweeping. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
One of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Test is the seminal work on the hippie culture, a report on what it was like to follow along with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they launched out on the "Transcontinental Bus Tour" from the West Coast to New York, all the while introducing acid (then legal) to hundreds of like-minded folks, staging impromptu jam...
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- Tom Wolfe
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 416
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