. ▁ ▁K ese y ▁and ▁the ▁P rank sters ▁became ▁famous ▁for ▁their ▁use ▁of ▁L SD ▁and ▁other ▁psych ed el ic ▁dru gs ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁ach ieving ▁inter subject ivity . ▁The ▁book ▁chron icles ▁the ▁Ac id ▁Test s ▁( part ies ▁in ▁which ▁L SD - la ced ▁K ool - A id ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁commun al ▁trip ), ▁the ▁group ' s ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁( in ) f am ous ▁figures ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁including ▁famous ▁authors , ▁H ells ▁Ang els , ▁and ▁The ▁Gr ateful ▁Dead , ▁and ▁it ▁also ▁describes ▁K ese y ' s ▁ex ile ▁to ▁Mexico ▁and ▁his ▁arr ests . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Tom ▁Wol fe ▁chron icles ▁the ▁advent ures ▁of ▁Ken ▁K ese y ▁and ▁his ▁group ▁of ▁follow ers . ▁Through out ▁the ▁work , ▁K ese y ▁is ▁port rayed ▁as ▁someone ▁starting ▁a ▁new ▁religion . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁all ure ▁of ▁the ▁trans c endent ▁states ▁achiev able ▁through ▁dru gs ▁and ▁because ▁of ▁K ese y ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁pre ach ▁and ▁capt iv ate ▁listen ers , ▁he ▁begins ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁band ▁of ▁close ▁follow ers . ▁They ▁call ▁themselves ▁the ▁" Mer ry ▁P rank sters " ▁and ▁begin ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁drug - f ue led ▁l ifest yle . ▁Starting ▁at ▁K ese y ' s ▁house ▁in ▁the ▁woods ▁of ▁La ▁H onda , ▁California , ▁the