{"product_id":"the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test-fsg-80th-anniversary-special-edition-9780374622381","title":"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test: Fsg 80th Anniversary Special Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Test \u003c\/i\u003eushered in an era of New Journalism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn evergreen classic that broke open the possibilities of creative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e is Tom Wolfe's seminal New Journalist portrait of a counterculture in formation and a nation undergoing constant flux. Wolfe follows Ken Kesey, one of the most magnetic figures of the 1960s, as he travels America with his band of Merry Pranksters, experimenting with psychedelics, running into Hells Angels, and bridging the gap between 1950s Beats and a burgeoning hippie movement. With curious and energetic prose, Wolfe tells the story of a new age in American culture while forever expanding our understanding of what journalism might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.44w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374622381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2018) was one of the founders of the New Journalism movement and the author of such contemporary classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical Chic \u0026amp; Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man in Full\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Am Charlotte Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e. As a reporter, he wrote articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and is credited with coining the term \"the Me Decade.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong his many honors, Wolfe was awarded the National Book Award, the John Dos Passos Award, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, the National Humanities Medal, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University, graduating cum laude, and a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale. He lived in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tom Wolfe \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48752321167517,"sku":"9780374622381","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f04ca310-5efc-4b7f-bd64-2acb8397266c.jpg?v=1785921691","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test-fsg-80th-anniversary-special-edition-9780374622381","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}