Shelfology Book Pairing

FSG 80th Anniversary Special Edition

by Tom Wolfe

One of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Test ushered in an era of New Journalism. An evergreen classic that broke open the possibilities of creative nonfiction, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s seminal New Journalist portrait of a counterculture in formation and a nation undergoing constant flux. Wolfe follows Ken Kesey, one of the most magnetic figures of the 1960s, as he travels America with his band of Merry Pranksters, experimenting with psychedelics, running into Hells Angels, and bridging the gap between 1950s Beats and a burgeoning hippie movement. With curious and energetic prose, Wolfe tells the story of a new age in American culture while forever expanding our understanding of what journalism might be.

by George Orwell

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.