DEMON BOX [Hardcover]

Ken Kesey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Viking (1985)
• ASIN: B000QSOBPQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,541,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ken Kesey was born in Colorado in 1935. He founded the Merry Pranksters in the sixties and became a cult hero, a phenomenon documented by Tom Wolfe in his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. He died in 2001.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collection of personal stories,fictional fairytales& visions, September 20, 1999

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Parent "Parent" (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demon Box (Mass Market Paperback)

Ken Kesey has produced a very special collection of stories, a number of which are written in the 3rd party, using the character "Deboree" as Kesey's alias. Deboree shares through the pages, trips & memories with characters, who are immediately recognisable as Kesey's personal friends such as X,Y & Z, some still alive, some dead. The stories are of personal experiences and touch on Deboree's inner feelings & thoughts, which leaves the reader feeling quite privileged. The personal stories are interspersed with the most joyful of fairytales. The reader is catapulted into a land of make believe in "Big Double" and nothing bar your own imagination can stop the words dancing into your mind and creating a Technicolor widescreen movie of your own. The Demon Box is a gem and must have for any admirer of Kesey, the greatest Prankster of them all

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably well written, and thoroughly interesting., August 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Demon Box (Mass Market Paperback)

Because this book is one of Kesey's lesser-known works, I assumed that it would be of lower caliber than what I had previously read by him. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was wrong. Kesey has not lost his flair for words. The story jumps around a bit, but it is quick-paced. It kept my attention, but what really got me hooked was the eloquent writing. Kesey has a great talent for detail, but he does not ramble on for pages about trivialities. His wit made me smile, and his honesty made me sigh. A great book if ever there were one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars kesey from the sixties to the eighties, February 5, 2004

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T. Scherff (Pebble Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Demon Box (Paperback)

ken kesey is one of my favorite authors. sometimes a great notion is one the best novels i have ever read. after reading the electric kool aid acid test, demon box is a logical followup.

this series of short stories has highs and lows. the very best is now we know how many holes it takes to fill the albert hall. written about the death of john lennon, kesey, through interactions with people immediately before, at the time of,and immediately after the murder, shows the transition of culture from the sixties to the eighties. the death of lennon is the end of the dream of the sixties. it alone is worth the purchase of the book.

another great story is the tranny man over the border. its most interesting part deals with kesey's father.

a story about his farm animals, abdul and ebenezer, is hilarious.

this book gives the kesey fans a better understanding of the man, his family, and his friends.