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Ken Kesey’s Novel-in-a-Box

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Ken Kesey’s Novel-in-a-Box

Ted Gioia
Jan 1, 2000
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It’s the middle of the Reagan administration, and Ken Kesey hasn't published a novel in more than twenty years. And many probably felt he never would again. These two decades had taken a toll on the celebrated author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964). He had been arrested for marijuana possession in 1965, and …

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