BTW, one of my favorite parts of the book was when the Merry Pranksters basically ruined the annual California Unitarian conference. Kesey and the Pranksters were just supposed to be sort of guest speakers there but they basically took over the conference and made it very uncomfortable for the establishment Unitarians.
Anyway, my favorite part of the book was when Kesey was invited to speak at the anti-war demonstration at Berkeley and sucked the air right out of it with his harmonica and monotone singing of "Home On The Range."
There is lots more I have to say about the book but I'll wait until the discussion gets going (and see if it doesn't end up on a new thread). I like the writing style of Tom Wolfe though it took me a while to get that 60s jargon down (I was only a toddler and young child during the 60s).