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Sometimes a Great Notion
1964 novel by Ken Kesey
For other uses, see Sometimes a Great Notion (disambiguation).
Sometimes a Great Notion is the second novel by American author Ken Kesey, published in 1964.
While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus.
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The story involves an Oregon family of gyppo loggers who cut trees for a local mill in opposition to unionized workers who are on strike.
Kesey took the title from the song "Goodnight, Irene", popularized by Lead Belly.
Sometimes I lives in the country
Sometimes I lives in the town
Sometimes I haves a great notion
To jump into the river an' drown [2]
Plot
The story centers on the Stamper family, a hard-headed logging clan in the coastal town of Wakonda, on the Oregon coast,[a] in the early 1960s.
The union loggers in Wakonda go on strike to demand the same pay for shorter hours in response to the decreasing n