Sometimes a Great Notion Book vs Movie

Ken Kesey's magnum opus isn't nearly as well known as his first novel, despite being adapted into a movie starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda and Lee Remick. Today I talk about why I love this book so much, and how it compares to the 1971 movie.
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00:00 Why the Book Wins intro
01:03 Sometimes a Great Notion intro
02:58 The Stamper family
03:52 Summary
05:32 Book review
09:00 Movie review
12:39 Lee
16:22 Hank
18:02 Henry
21:11 Joe Ben
23:32 Joby’s death
27:24 Lee’s revenge
31:42 Viv
32:57 Hank and Lee
34:19 Viv’s ending in the book
35:21 The details of the strike
38:31 Willard
41:40 Hank giving in
43:37 Hank’s change of mind
46:41 Jenny
47:38 A few other changes
49:14 Book vs Movie