Mar 27, 2019 ken kesey gets the first and last word on sometimes a great notion. Sometimes a great notion pdf book by ken kesey read online or free download in epub, pdf or mobi ebooks. Sometimes a great notion 1964 has always played a second novel fiddle to one flew over the cuckoos nest 1962, especially after the academy awardwinning film version with jack nicholson. First edition, first issue with the publishers logo on the half title page of keseys second novel. Sometimes a great notion is the second novel by american author ken kesey, published in 1964. This wildspirited tale tells of a bitter strike that. Sometimes a great notion paperback the elliott bay.
He graduated from the university of oregon and later studied at stanford with wallace stegner, malcolm cowley, richard scowcroft, and frank o connor. A literary icon sometimes seen as a bridge between the beat generation and the hippies, ken kesey scored an unexpected hit with his first novel, one flew. Buy sometimes a great notion by kesey, ken from amazons fiction books store. Sometimes a great notion by ken kesey, paperback barnes. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. The welcome book, fiction, history, novel, scientific research, as well as various extra sorts of books are. Sometimes a great notion by ken kesey, signed abebooks.
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