Tom Wolfe Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), in 2012. (more) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test work by Wolfe Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Electric-Kool-Aid-Acid-Test Feedback Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Feedback Type Select a type (Required) Factual Correction Spelling/Grammar Correction Link Correction Additional Information Other Your Feedback Submit Feedback Thank you for your feedback Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

　　External Websites Ask the Chatbot a Question Written by Bharat Tandon Bharat Tandon is College Lector and Director of Studies in English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge, and teaches British and American literature. Aside from his teaching duties, he writes regularly... Bharat Tandon Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Feb 7, 2025 • Article History Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, nonfiction book by American writer Tom Wolfe, published in 1968, that became a classic of the 1960s counterculture and is one of the most notable works of New Journalism. As exemplified by the work of Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, and Joan Didion, as well as Wolfe, New Journalism creatively blurs the boundaries between the techniques of fiction and those of journalistic reporting. In The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Wolfe’s account of novelist Ken Kesey and his roving band of acolytes and performance artists, the Merry Pranksters, Wolfe tries, as he claims, “to re-create the ...(100 of 671 words)

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