{"product_id":"in-the-black-1965-1969-a-satire-of-the-sixties-9780983380757","title":"In the Black, 1965-1969: A Satire of the Sixties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIn the Black is Ayn Rand on drugs\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e John Galt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIf you can remember anything about the Sixties, you weren't really there.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If ever a period in American history deserved the \u003cem\u003eCatch-22 \u003c\/em\u003etreatment, it is the decade you either love to hate or hate to love: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSex, Drugs, \u0026amp; Rock 'n Roll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man on the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Summer of Love \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Smell of Napalm in the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe FBI vs. The SDS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoodstock vs. Altamont\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHippies vs. the Silent Majority\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFathers vs. Sons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The workers you saw out on the factory floor make money for me...and these learned bastards in here spend it all,\" Y.T., Sr. would always say as he passed through the Engineering Department when hosting a plant tour for a representative of that hallowed stalwart of capitalism known as THE CUSTOMER. \"I am also of the firm conviction that there comes a time when all engineers should be shot in the head so that production can actually begin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eY.T. Erp, Jr., on the other hand, can't wait to leave for college at the University of California, Berkeley to escape not only the work, but especially all the phlegm-brained idiots at his father's aerospace company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving behind a pregnant auburn-haired cheerleader, a sensuous red-headed siren plotting to usurp his familial ties, and his two best friends -- one who ends up in Vietnam and the other in the Weather Underground -- his \"trip\" on the wild side of the Generation Gap takes him from the psychedelic scene of Haight-Ashbury to the F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted list.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile his father is consumed by the task of managing his unmanageable corporate team in the quest to help fulfill a President's challenge to \"land a man on the moon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith cameos by Bill Clinton, Neil Armstrong, J. Edgar Hoover and Charles Manson.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBut it's the truth even if it didn't happen.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e― \u003cem\u003eKen Kesey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBass, M. T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - M.T. Bass escaped the Sixties with just a flesh wound and survived a career as a splotch of grease (not even a cog, a nut or a screw) in the Military-Industrial Complex. He lives, writes, flies and plays music in Mudcat Falls, USA.","brand":"Electron Alley Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331224473874,"sku":"9780983380757","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cda593b6-95bb-4f45-b35a-3650a15f078a.jpg?v=1727809837","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-black-1965-1969-a-satire-of-the-sixties-9780983380757","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}