Ken Kesey (1935–2001) graduated from the University of Oregon and later studied at Stanford with Wallace Stegner, Malcolm Cowley, Richard Scowcroft, and Frank O’Connor. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, his first novel, was published in 1962. His second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion, followed in 1964. His other books include Kesey’s Garage Sale, Demon Box, Caverns (with O. U. Levon), The Further Inquiry, Sailor Song, and Last Go Round (with Ken Babbs). His two children’s books are Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear and The Sea Lion.
"A work of genuine literary merit . . . What Mr. Kesey has done in
his unusual novel is to transform the plight of a ward of inmates
in a mental hospital into a glittering parable of good and
evil."
--The New York Times Book Review
"[A] brilliant first novel . . . a strong, warm story about the
nature of human good and evil . . . Keysey has made his book a roar
of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the invisible
Rulers who enforce them."
--Time
"The final triumph of these men at the cost of a terrifying
sacrifice should send chills down any reader's back. . . . This
novel's scenes have the liveliness of a motion picture."
--The Washington Post
"An outstanding book . . . [Kesey's] characters are original and
real. . . . This is a tirade against the increasing controls over
man and his mind, yet the author never gets on a soap box. Nor does
he forget that there is a thin line between tragedy and
comedy."
--Houston Chronicle
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