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Sometimes a Great Notion
First edition
Author
Ken Kesey
Country
United States
Language
English
Publisher
Viking Press
Publication date
July 27, 1964
Media type
Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages
715
OCLC
71045661
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 22
LC Class
PS3561.E667 S6 2006
Sometimes a Great Notion is the second novel by American author Ken Kesey, published in 1964. While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus.[1] The story involves an Oregon family of gyppo loggers who cut trees for a local mill in opposition to unionized workers who are on strike.
Kesey took the title from the song "Goodnight, Irene", popularized by Lead Belly.
Sometimes I lives in the country
Sometimes I lives in the town
Sometimes I haves a great notion
To jump into the river an' drown [2]
^Bowden 2006, p. xv.
^Price, Carter (April 1962). "Leadbelly – A Fighting, Wenching, Singing Man". Negro Digest. XI (6): 20.
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