'If you haven't already read this book, do so. If you have, read it again.' Douglas Eadie, The Scotsman

Ken Kesey's remarkable novel about life in a mental hospital, as recounted by a half-Native American man who protects himself from the many cruelties of the institution and its inmates by feigning deaf-and-dumbness, was first published in Britain in 1962. Since then, it has gone from being a cult book to a worldwide bestseller, helped by the success of Milos Forman's multi-award winning film. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is both a moving and harrowing modern tragedy, and the battle cry of a new romantic assertion of freedom.

Ken Kesey was born in Colorado in 1935 and has lived chiefly on the West Coast of America. He founded The Merry Pranksters, a group which toured the USA for three years, filming the country and the people. Accused and later convicted of possessing marijuana, Kesey took refuge for a time in Mexico. He became a cult figure after Tom Wolfe's documentary book about him, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. Apart from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which has become a modern classic, he is the author of Sometimes a Great Notion and The Demon Box.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed by Fantasy Films/United Artists, starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and William Redfield.

Price: £10.00 (Available in the UK only)
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 0-7145-0871-3
Fiction
Publication date: Reprint for September 2004