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Sailor Song
Sailor Song
Author: Ken Kesey
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 pow...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140139976
ISBN-10: 0140139974
Publication Date: 7/1/1993
Pages: 544
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3.2 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A sprawling, loose-limbed tale that veers between comedy and nightmare, a book as profane, exuberant, and brimming with life as a whole collection of old sea ballads.
Author of ,"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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An odd tale of the advenures of the "Backatcha Bandit" from the author of "One Flew Over the Cuckooo's Nest."

This book (and Ken Kesey's style) reminds me of books by Tom Robbins, such as "Villa Incognito." Check it out if you're a Robbins fan.


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