The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

384 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous dark slow-paced
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One of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Test ushered in an era of New Journalism.This is the seminal work on the hippie culture, a report on what it was like to follow along with Ken Kesey and...

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adventurous 78%
informative 55%
funny 47%
reflective 34%
challenging 33%
lighthearted 29%
inspiring 19%
dark 8%
hopeful 7%
emotional 5%
mysterious 5%
tense 3%
relaxing 2%
sad 1%

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slow 35%
fast 10%

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