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(More customer reviews)I read this book. I've known Ken since 1970 and for the last few years of his life I was his office manager. My part in the HooHaw's was to create the running poetry fence. A three by one hundred foot piece of cardboard that everyone could write their poetry or whatever came to mind.
I don't remember meeting Mark Christensen but I can tell you he was no intimate or close friends of Ken's.
Most of what Mark writes about, was and could have been gleaned by a high schooler writing a mid-term paper. He wasn't around except for a day or two.
Did he talk to Mountian girl, George Walker or Ken Babbs, No. So just who did he get all his information from.
Mark seems to be trying to elevate himself on the back of a true genius. BUT, he doesn't have the writing skills.
I tried to give this book away but after hearing my review not one of my friends would take it.
I agree with Lawrence Siskind when he says, "I could go on and on, but you get the point. Read Acid Christ if you must, but do not let it shape your view of Kesey and his historical era.
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From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who described himself as "too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," this account conducts a mesmerizing journey from the perspective of Mark Christensen, an eventual member of the Kesey "flock." Featuring interviews with those within his inner circle, this exploration reveals the bestselling author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in his many forms, placing him within the framework of his time, his generation, and the zeitgeist of the psychedelic era.
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