Kesey, Ken

One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey ( Book )
389 editions published between 1962 and 2010 in 25 languages and held by 5,856 libraries worldwide
An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world.

Sailor song by Ken Kesey ( Book )
37 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 2,119 libraries worldwide
After writing two books in the early 1960s, both now established as American classics, Ken Kesey abandoned the novel in its established form. Over the past twenty-five years he has written many shorter pieces, but only now, with Sailor Song, brings his considerable powers once again to bear on a full-scale undertaking, giving us a unique and powerful novel about America. Set in the near future, the story takes us to the Alaskan village of Kuinak, a rundown fishing community of Deaps (Descendants of Early Aboriginal Peoples) and Lower Forty-eight refugees perched on the Western Edge of history. It's a scene rich with characters, like Alice the Angry Aleut, Ike Sallas (known as "the Bakatcha Bandit" during the environmental wars of the nineties), the town's indispensable "scoot" runner Billy the Squid, and the Loyal Order of Underdogs, who meet monthly for the Full Moon Howl. Into their peculiar midst sails a mighty ship of last hopes, loaded to the gunwales with a big-bucks Hollywood film company. This famous studio/yacht has come north to film a classic children's book, The Sea Lion. Unscripted transformations abound as the project stirs a new mix into the community, including a tribe brought down from the remote north. Sailor Song is an epic novel that revolves around the question: Does love make any sense at the end of the world? It's about things that endure and come around again - back at you, and back to you.

Demon box by Ken Kesey ( Book )
22 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 1,810 libraries worldwide
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.

Sometimes a great notion : a novel by Ken Kesey ( Book )
19 editions published between 1964 and 1988 in English and held by 1,760 libraries worldwide
The Stampers, a logging family pit by circumstance against big business, are rough, hard men and women who live by the motto "never give an inch." Added to the turmoil is the return of Leland, a dope-smoking, college educated half brother whose arrival triggers a tidal wave of events that spiral gradually out of control.

Last go round by Ken Kesey ( Book )
22 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,673 libraries worldwide
Three cowboys of different races battle for a bronco busting title. The time is the 1910s, the setting a small town in Oregon swollen to bursting for the rodeo. One of the cowboys is black, one is an Indian and one is white. Lots of detail on roping, riding and bronco busting. By the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Little Tricker the squirrel meets Big Double the bear by Ken Kesey ( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in English and held by 1,326 libraries worldwide
Little Tricker the squirrel watches as Big Double the bear terrorizes the forest animals one by one, but then Little Tricker gets revenge.

The Further inquiry by Ken Kesey ( Book )
6 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 996 libraries worldwide

Sometimes a great notion by Ken Kesey ( Book )
64 editions published between 1963 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 892 libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: 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.

The sea lion : a story of the sea cliff people by Ken Kesey ( Book )
3 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and held by 689 libraries worldwide
Although taunted for his small size and bad leg, Eemook proves his worth by saving his tribe from an evil and powerful spirit that comes visiting one stormy night.

Kesey's garage sale by Ken Kesey ( Book )
10 editions published between 1967 and 2007 in English and Russian and held by 620 libraries worldwide
A miscellanea mostly by Kesey, some by his friends.