Ken Kesey Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962)
  2. Sometimes A Great Notion (1964)
  3. Kesey’s Garage Sale (1973)
  4. Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear (1990)
  5. Caverns (With: O.U. Levon) (1990)
  6. The Further Inquiry (1990)
  7. The Sea Lion (1991)
  8. Sailor Song (1992)
  9. Last Go Round (1994)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Demon Box (1986)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. The Merry Pranksters (1965)
  2. Conversations with Ken Kesey (2014)

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Ken Kesey Books Overview

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. Marking the fortieth anniversary of Viking’s publication of this American classic, this deluxe hardcover edition includes a new introduction by Robert Faggen and drawings Kesey made when he worked at the psychiatric hospital that was the inspiration for the novel. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head on collision between its hell raising, life affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy’s revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become an enduring favorite of readers. This new edition modeled on the popular fortieth anniversary edition of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road will bring Kesey’s genius to a new generation while delighting his loyal fans.

Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear

The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and an American Book Award winning artist relate Tricker’s battle to outsmart Big Double, who descends from the mountains one morning to terrorize the creatures of Topple’s Bottom. AB. SLJ.

The Sea Lion

Called a worthless moonfawn by the chief of the Sea Cliff people, the misshapen orphan Eemook remains an outcast whose cleverness and marvelous carving talents are recognized only by the chief’s beautiful daughter. But when a stranger with magical powers appears at the longhouse, the crippled boy has a unique chance to prove himself by defying the stranger and thwarting his evil plan. Full color throughout.

Sailor Song

The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest depicts the collaboration of a big bucks Hollywood film company with a remote Alaskan Indian tribe in a rundown, twenty first century fishing community.

Last Go Round

A tale of the Old West, complete with authentic photographs, tells the story of the Pendleton, Oregon, round up of 1911 when three broncbusting cowboys competed for the crown and many colorful characters including Buffalo Bill Cody came to town.

Demon Box

In this collection of short stories, Ken Kesey challenges public and private demons with a wrestler’s brave and deceptive embrace, making it clear that the energy of madness must live on.

The Merry Pranksters

The ‘Sound City Acid Test’, originally made in 1965 as The Pranksters’ venture into ‘the world of The Beatles’ is released for the first time on CD. Seventy four minutes of readings, poetry, music and mayhem from the archives of Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs. Acid Test, Volume 1 documents their attempt to enact an acid test within the recording studio environment. After its release as a 1000 copy limited edition LP, it was repeatedly bootlegged. This CD also features ‘Vietnam Day 1966′, a previously unreleased musical reconstruction recorded in 1967 of the Pranksters’ famous meeting with the Hell’s Angels which subsequently launched the career of visiting Prankster, Hunter S Thompson.

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