The experiences of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the country in a colorfully painted school bus named "Further". Kesey and the Pranksters became famous for their use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs in hopes of achieving intersubjectivity. The book chronicles the Acid Tests (parties in which LSD-laced Kool-Aid was used to obtain a communal trip), the group's encounters with (in)famous figures of the time, including famous authors, Hells Angels, and The Grateful Dead, and it also describes Kesey's exile to Mexico and his arrests.


The book is a little dog-eared. Bought and read in 1968 on the recommendation of my English Professor at Concordia University

in memory of my brother in law Gino Siviero (1949-2015)who disdained all things "hippie"
the big brother I always wanted