![]() ![]() The fact that author Ken Kesey went on to become the patron saint of psychedelia probably didn’t help the book’s reputation. Set amid the forests of the Pacific Northwest, tinged with country western music and populated with James Dean wannabes, Sometimes a Great Notion might have been perceived in its day as casting a backwards glance when many readers were only looking forward with apprehension or expectation. My two-bit theory posits that, given its arrival immediately following Kennedy’s assassination, it didn’t seem to address current conditions. It’s a mystery why this book never enjoyed the acclaim of, say, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Rabbit, Run, The Executioner’s Song or Bonfire of the Vanities. Sometimes a Great Novel Pops up out of Nowhere A man who lived his deep faith but was worldly in every respect.Īs happened when I read this book 45 years ago in print, I did not want this audiobook to end. He was the guy we'd all like to have as a friend. Who was the most memorable character of Sometimes a Great Notion and why? All of them have been well done but the narrator had more voices in this novel and did all of them extremely well. ![]() Have you listened to any of Tom Stechschulte?s other performances before? How does this one compare? He was capable of great love, for his father, Viv, and Joe Ben but had some trouble expressing this love. Kesey brought out his inner thoughts and downplayed the obvious, i.e. If you could sum up Sometimes a Great Notion in three words, what would they be? ![]()
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