Wolfe, Tom

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Wolfe recounts his experiences traveling with author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in the 1960s, including a cross-country trip in a psychedelic bus, an alliance with the Hell's Angels, an anti-Vietnam rally, and games of hide and seek with the law.

A portrait of the novelist Ken Kesey and the West Coast "Merry Pranksters" during a several years pursuit of the LSD experience and development of psychedelia.-TL862

Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all alo…

Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all alo…

A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way out might be to request leniency in return for hushing up a rape.

A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way out might be to request leniency in return for hushing up a rape.