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Tom Wolfe

Ken Kesey’s Magic Bus and the tour of The Merry Pranksters

Arts, Culture & Media

A new documentary contends that author Ken Kesey’s legendary cross-country road trip kicked off the psychedelic 1960s.

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The Sweet Revenge of Recycling a Book Title

The World in Words

‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ Revisited with Alvin Hall

‘The Bonfire of the Vanities,’ 25 Years Later

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