Title: Forever a Great Story!
Review: I just got through rereading this novel after a span of about 40 years. Enough has been said about it in these posts - it IS a great story, & I see now how much it influenced my perspectives over the years. However, I give it 4 stars because I believe it needs some serious editing, particularly the multiple stream of thought & action sections. Some of these are just too long & boring, & some are too confusing as they are written. Some contemporary authors (I'm thinking António Lobo Antunes & Jose Saramago right off) pull this off a whole lot better. Nonetheless, I think this is Kesey's best & out to be offered in high school & college reading lists. However, it's probably not PC enough, so that's not gonna happen.
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