Keeping on the topic of require reading from middle school, who remembers One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest, by Ken Keesey? Well, for those unfamiliar, it was Keesey's best and most notable work before he got involved with the Merry Pranksters and and journied "Furrther" across America. The Electric KoolAid Acid Test attempts to chronicle the events leading to his creation of that book which involves Keesey experimenting with LSD in a mental clinic which he worked. He eventually was responsible for the Grateful Dead's popularity and became a counter-culture icon even before his own faked suicide in Southern California. The book is a great insider's view of the 60's we all know from the movies. Thomas Wolffe writes about the Merry Pranksters and plenty of their escapades throughout the country and provides an array of humorous anecdotes about the gang, at the same time paints a great picture of the general attitude of the psychedelic movement of that time period.
-Tekst
