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Ken Kesey

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Forreaders of 1960s american literature, fans of counterculture and dramatic novels about institutions.
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Ken Kesey (1935–2001) was an American novelist and countercultural figure, best known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and for leading the Merry Pranksters and the Acid Tests.

Born September 17, 1935 in La Junta, Colorado; died November 10, 2001. Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962). Key figure in 1960s US counterculture and leader of the Merry Pranksters.

A single DeBaser review praises Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for its visionary, delicate style and powerful depiction of institutional life. The reviewer notes differences between novel and film and highlights McMurphy's humanizing impact. Recommended to readers of dramatic, non-mawkish fiction.

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