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Ken Kesey (1935–2001) is the author of several works of well-known fiction and other hard-to-classify material. His debut novel, <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</i>, was a critical and commercial sensation that was followed soon after by his most substantial and ambitious book, <i>Sometimes a Great Notion</i>. His other books, including <i>Demon Box, Sailor Song</i>, and two children's books, appeared amidst a life of astounding influence. He is maybe best known for his role as the charismatic and proto-hippie leader of the West Coast LSD movement that sparked “The Sixties,” as iconically recounted in Tom Wolfe's <i>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test</i>.<br><br> In the introduction to “An Impolite Interview with Ken Kesey,” Paul Krassner writes, “For a man who says he doesn't like to do interviews, Kesey certainly does a lot of them.” What's most surprising about this statement is not the incongruity between disliking and doing interviews but the idea that Kesey could possibly have been less than enthusiastic about being the center of attention. After his two great triumphs, writing played a lesser role in Kesey's life, but in thoughtful interviews he sometimes regrets the books t

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Author

Scott F. Parker; Scott F. Parker

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781617039713

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24