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A review by langwidere
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
5.0
i last read this when i was 16, in english class. i was astonished to realize just how much kesey’s descriptions of the natural world, of the northwest,
of the temperate rainforest, etc. had impacted my own writing and worldview. truly a special book. for all that there are bigoted elements present—and i don’t mean to diminish these. i noticed them as a teenager and i noticed them now—they really pale in comparison to all the other aspects of this book which are by and large deftly handled and sympathetic. an excellent rich sprawling dirty family saga written in blood, money, and rainwater. NEVER GIVE A INCH indeed.
of the temperate rainforest, etc. had impacted my own writing and worldview. truly a special book. for all that there are bigoted elements present—and i don’t mean to diminish these. i noticed them as a teenager and i noticed them now—they really pale in comparison to all the other aspects of this book which are by and large deftly handled and sympathetic. an excellent rich sprawling dirty family saga written in blood, money, and rainwater. NEVER GIVE A INCH indeed.