"The Electric Koolaid-Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test: "Black Shiny FBI Shoes" This literary masterpiece by Tom Wolfe is set up brilliantly by the very first chapter entitled "Black Shiny FBI Shoes." In this opening chapter we discover just exactly what is going on in the U.S. in the 1960's. Not even the entire United States but mainly California, because, according to Kesey, "New York is about two years behind." The story begins in the back of …

…The EKAT is widely regarded as the definitive work on the hippies and their culture, but it's more than just that. It opened America's eyes to a culture that was misunderstood and counted out as a drain on society. For all of us who have heard our parents, uncles, or even teachers talk about the 60's like they were some universe far, far away, EKAT finally gives us some idea of what they're talking about.