One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“A work of genuine literary merit … What Mr. Kesey has done in his unusual novel is to transform the plight of a ward of inmates in a mental hospital into a glittering parable of good and evil.” –The New York Times Book Review “[A] brilliant first novel … a strong, warm story about the nature of human good and evil … Keysey has made his book a roar of protest against middlebrow society’s Rules and the invisible Rulers who enforce them.” –Time

“The final triumph of these men at the cost of a terrifying sacrifice should send chills down any reader’s back… . This novel’s scenes have the liveliness of a motion picture.” –The Washington Post

“An outstanding book … [Kesey’s] characters are original and real… . This is a tirade against the increasing controls over man and his mind, yet the author never gets on a soap box. Nor does he forget that there is a thin line between tragedy and comedy.” –Houston Chronicle

KEN KESEY was born in 1935 in Colorado and grew up in Oregon. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he received a Stegner fellowship from Stanford University, where he studied fiction under Wallace Stegner, Malcolm Cowley, and Frank O’Connor. Kesey’s first two novels, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Sometimes a Great Notion”, brought him great literary fame. His other books include “Kesey’s Garage Sale, Demon Box, The Further Inquiry”, and the novels “Sailor Song” (1992) and, with Ken Babbs, “Last Go Round”. His children’s books include “Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big D