fe ▁however ▁challeng ed ▁such ▁claims ▁and ▁notes ▁that ▁in ▁books ▁like ▁The ▁Electric ▁K ool - A id ▁Ac id ▁Test , ▁he ▁was ▁nearly ▁invisible ▁throughout ▁the ▁narr ative . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁he ▁produced ▁an ▁un in hib ited ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁he ▁witness ed . ▁ ▁As ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁fiction ▁and ▁orth odox ▁non f iction ▁continued ▁to ▁question ▁the ▁valid ity ▁of ▁New ▁Journal ism , ▁Wol fe ▁stood ▁by ▁the ▁growing ▁discipline . ▁ ▁Wol fe ▁realized ▁that ▁this ▁method ▁of ▁writing ▁transformed ▁the ▁subjects ▁of ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁articles ▁into ▁people ▁with ▁whom ▁aud ien ces ▁could ▁relate ▁and ▁sympath ize . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁considered ▁the ▁book ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁books ▁of ▁its ▁time ; ▁it ▁described ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁great ▁book ▁about ▁hi pp ies , ▁but ▁the ▁" ess ential ▁book ". ▁ ▁The ▁review ▁continued ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁dram atic ▁impact s ▁of ▁Wol fe ' s ▁telling ▁of ▁K ese y ' s ▁story . ▁Wol fe ' s ▁book ▁exposed ▁counter c ulture ▁norm s ▁that ▁would ▁soon ▁spread ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁review ▁notes ▁that ▁while ▁K ese y ▁received ▁acc laim ▁for ▁his ▁literary ▁bomb , ▁One ▁Fle w ▁Over ▁the ▁C uck oo ' s ▁N est , ▁he ▁was , ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁not ▁a ▁visible ▁icon . ▁His ▁experiments ▁and ▁drug ▁use ▁were ▁known ▁within ▁small ▁circles , ▁the ▁P rank sters ▁for