Caverns (novel)

Caverns
First edition
AuthorKen Kesey
LanguageEnglish
GenreCollaborative fiction
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication date
1989
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN0-14-012208-7
OCLC20131987
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3562.E924 C38 1990

Caverns is a 1989 novel written collaboratively as an experiment by Ken Kesey and a creative writing class that he taught at the University of Oregon. The cover of the book says it was written by O.U. Levon—the name of this supposed author, spelled backwards, is "novel U.O." (University of Oregon). The full list of authors is: Robert Blucher, Ben Bochner, James Finley, Jeff Forester, Bennett Huffman, Lynn Jeffress, Ken Kesey, Neil Lidstrom, H. Highwater Powers, Jane Sather, Charles Varani, Meredith Wadley, Lidia Yukman and Ken Zimmerman.[1]

  1. ^ Bendixen, Alfred. "There Goes The Cave". The New York Times (January 21, 1990). Retrieved on February 25, 2008.