Merry Pranksters
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| + | The '''Merry Pranksters''' are a group of people who originally formed around [[United States|American]] [[novel]]ist [[Ken Kesey]] and sometimes lived communally at his homes in California and Oregon. Notable members include Kesey's best friend [[Ken Babbs]] and [[Mountain Girl]] (born Carolyn Adams but best known as Mrs. Jerry Garcia), [[Wavy Gravy]], [[Paul Krassner]], [[Stewart Brand]], [[Del Close]], [[Paul Foster (cartoonist)|Paul Foster]] and others. Their early escapades were best chronicled by [[Tom Wolfe]] in ''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]''. Ken Kesey once described Wolfe's book as, "99.9% accurate" although he also complained that the celebrity status the book conveyed upon him was in some ways a burden. | ||
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The Merry Pranksters are a group of people who originally formed around American novelist Ken Kesey and sometimes lived communally at his homes in California and Oregon. Notable members include Kesey's best friend Ken Babbs and Mountain Girl (born Carolyn Adams but best known as Mrs. Jerry Garcia), Wavy Gravy, Paul Krassner, Stewart Brand, Del Close, Paul Foster and others. Their early escapades were best chronicled by Tom Wolfe in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Ken Kesey once described Wolfe's book as, "99.9% accurate" although he also complained that the celebrity status the book conveyed upon him was in some ways a burden.
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