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Despite often hearing references to this book, I didn't realize what and who it was about until it came in for me at the library. Tom Wolfe, who I think of as "that guy who wrote that book about jerky attorneys," (Bonfire of the Vanieties) lived the life of a journalist before he became a novelist. In the nebulous realm between the Beats and the hippies, Wolfe wrote this book of literary journalism about Ken Kesey (author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and his devoted band of Merry Prankste
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While the man in the white suit might be a little straight to be the author of a book about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters driving around on their bus Further and conducting "acid tests" and hitting Grateful Dead shows, at least somebody wrote it! The material speaks for itself.
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