Tripped, 9781838953607
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LSD’s wild ride: from mental health cure to CIA mind control.
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Tripped

nazi germany, the cia, and the dawn of the psychedelic age

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    7 July 2025

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Summary

Reality Remixed: The Secret History of LSD

First hailed as a miracle drug for mental illness, then weaponized as a CIA ‘truth serum,’ Tripped uncovers the astonishing and often unsettling story of LSD’s journey from laboratory to global phenomenon.

Norman Ohler masterfully weaves together archival material to expose the complex interplay of scientific ambition, government control, and counter-cultural rebellion that defined 20th-century drug policy. Meet a fascinati…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781838953607
ISBN-10:1838953604
Author:Norman Ohler
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Imprint:Atlantic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:7 July 2025
Weight:214g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
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Critics Review

‘An astonishing story… Brilliantly told.’ - Antony Beevor on The Infiltrators‘Deeply engaging, enticingly written and extremely affecting… Original and fascinating… This is a remarkable story, powerfully told.’ - Philippe Sands, Spectator on The Infiltrators ‘Gripping… Will appeal to anyone who relishes Ben Macintyre’s tales of wartime espionage and cryptic codes.’ - Sunday Telegraph on The Infiltrators ‘A detailed and meticulously researched tale about a pair of young German resisters that reads like a thriller.’ - New York Times on The Infiltrators

About The Author

Norman Ohler

Norman Ohler is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of The Infiltrators and the New York Times bestseller Blitzed, as well as the novels Die Quotenmaschine (the world’s first hypertext novel), Mitte and Stadt des Goldes (translated into English as Ponte City) and the historical crime novel Die Gleichung des Lebens. He lives in Berlin.

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