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Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey

AmericanSeptember 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001Countercultural Fiction

Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, one of the most beloved American novels of the 1960s, a mythic account of rebellion against institutional authority. Sometimes a Great Notion is an equally ambitious if less celebrated achievement.

Works

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDark satire of psychiatric institution and patient rebellion against authority→
  • Sometimes a Great NotionEpic novel of logging family conflict amid beautiful and brutal Oregon→
  • Demon BoxAutobiographical essays and stories of counterculture life with Ken Kesey→
  • Kesey's Garage SaleCollection of eccentric essays, reflections, and memories from Kesey's life→
  • Sailor SongComic adventure of pilot and crew navigating Alaskan settlement→

Related

Jack Kerouac·William S. Burroughs·Tom Robbins
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