{"product_id":"books-trip-by-tao-lin","title":"Trip","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart memoir, part history, part journalistic expos', \u003ci\u003eTrip\u003c\/i\u003e is a look at psychedelic drugs, literature, and alienation from one of the twenty-first century's most innovative novelists--\u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e for a new generation. A Vintage Original.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile isolating himself to work on his novel \u003ci\u003eTaipei, \u003c\/i\u003e Tao Lin discovered the prolific work of Terence McKenna--the leading advocate of psychotropic drugs since Timothy Leary. Tao became obsessed with McKenna, whose worldview (and particular theory of drug use) seemed to present an alternate way of being. In \u003ci\u003eTrip, \u003c\/i\u003e Tao's first ever book-length work of nonfiction, he explores parallels between McKenna's life and his own in a far-reaching search for answers to looming questions: Why do we make art? What is language for? And are there essential, universal truths out there, beyond our limited range of perception? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrip \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers on a trip through psychedelic culture, from D.A.R.E. to Aldous Huxley, from NYU's Bobst Library to a plant-drawing class in Santa Rosa, California. Drawing on first-person exploratory journalism as well as in-depth research, Tao details the experience of taking psilocybin, DMT, and cannabis, studies their chemical composure and legality, and ends his story with a pilgrimage out West, where he communes with McKenna's ex-wife and fellow ethnobotanist, Kathleen Harrison.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506636874001,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781101974513.jpg?v=1778115488","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-trip-by-tao-lin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}