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Mark Vonnegut set out in search of Eden with his VW bug, his girlfriend, his dog, and his ideals, but genetic predisposition and a whole lot of shit going down made him crazy in a culture that told him mental illness is a myth and schizophrenia is a sane response to an insane society. Describing his experiences during the late '60s and early '70s, Eden Express reveals how Mark went from being a recent college grad who was in love and living communally on a farm to having nervous breakdowns.

Expreso al paraíso: memoria de una locura es, por extensión, la azarosa crónica de la epopeya generacional vivida por buena parte de la Norteamérica jipi en los años sesenta y, en lo que al autor respecta, del delirante acceso de iluminación padecido y su no menos azaroso retorno a la cordura. Galardonada con el Premio ALA (concedido por la Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas), cuéntase entre las crónicas autobiográficas más representativas de aquella década prodigiosa.