num_pages: 640
description: The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...  Following the astonishing success of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century." This wild-spirited tale tells of a bitter strike that rages through a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers. Out of the Stamper family's rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy.
language: English
title: Sometimes a Great Notion
titlecomplete: Sometimes a Great Notion
characters: Boney Stokes, Henry Stamper, Hank Stamper, Jonathan Bailey Draeger, Leeland Stamper, Viv Stamper
genres: Fiction, Classics, Contemporary, The United States Of America, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Americana, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 22074
places: Oregon, The United States of America
publisher: Penguin Books