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''Sometimes a Great Notion'' is more rooted in realism than Kesey's previous work, the phenomenally successful ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', but is also more experimental.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} It has been compared to [[William Faulkner]]'s ''[[Absalom, Absalom!]]'' in both form and content.<ref>{{Citation | last=Cengage | first=Gale | year=1976 | title=Ken Kesey 1935– | publisher= Contemporary Literary Criticism | url=http://www.enotes.com/ken-kesey-criticism/kesey-ken-vol-6/kesey-ken-1935}}</ref>
The novel's multiple characters speak sequentially in the first person, seemingly without alerting the reader to whom they are listening. While a first reading can be confusing, subsequent readings reveal that Kesey always provides a clue, such as quickly referring to the previously presumed first character in the third person. This technique allows Kesey to weave an intricate braid of characters who reveal their motives in depth to the reader, but do not communicate well with each other.{{citation needed|date=August 2009}}
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