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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. A Fine copy of the book in Very Good+ dust jacket. Book clean in bright green cloth with yellow stamping. Top-stain just a bit faded. Unclipped dust jacket with the spine gently faded and minor chips at the crown and slight wear at the extremities. Overall a very presentable copy of this modern highspot. With all first issue points in the book and on the dust jacket ("fool Red Cross woman" p 9; Kerouac blurb on the front flap, etc.). Kesey's masterpiece, a cornerstone of modern fiction and an enduring study of the human mind. Kesey’s first published novel was born out of his participation in an experimental hallucinogenic drug research program at Menlo Park Veterans Hospital while working towards a creative writing degree at Stanford University. Set in a psychiatric facility populated by colorful characters, the story raises questions of sanity and institutional power. A counterculture classic and basis for…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey, first published in 1962. The book is a powerful critique of the mental health system and a poignant study of institutional processes and the human mind.