The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it. - Ken Kesey

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The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.

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About Ken Kesey

Kenneth Elton Kesey (17 September 1935 – 10 November 2001) was an American writer, most famous for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as a cultural icon whom some consider a link between the "beat generation" of the 1950s and the "hippies" of the 1960s as a founding member of the Merry Pranksters.

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Alternative Names: Kenneth Kesey • Kenneth Elton Kesey • Ken Elton Kesey • Ken E. Kesey • O. U. Levon
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