Ken Kesey- the author of The Great American Novel- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

...and the subject of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Te...

Kesey about this book, from the article:

> I had no major problems with the book then, though I haven’t looked at it since. When he was around us, he took no notes. I suppose he prides himself on his good memory. His memory may be good, but it’s his memory and not mine.

I think you misspelled "Sometimes a Great Notion".

Nah. I actually found it a bit formulaic... as if he were writing to impress literary critics.

(1994) tag?

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