by Tom Wolfe
First published 1968
Tripping through America with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, journalist Tom Wolfe captures the colorful chaos of the 1960s counterculture. As the Pranksters embark on a bus tour across the country, they drop acid, stage wild parties, and collide with the revolutionary figures of the day. Wolfe's electric prose plunges readers into the frenetic, mind-bending experience, offering an intimate window into the idealism, excess, and inevitable self-destruction of a generation's search for transcendence.
Genres: 20th-century, american, non-fiction, journalism
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: road-trip, true-story
Setting: United States
Period: 1960s
376 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Bantam
Content warnings: drug-use