One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition - Paperbackby Ken Kesey (Author), John Clark Pratt (Editor) "Powerful, poetic realism makes the tired old subject of life in a mental hospital into an absorbing Orwellian microcosm of all humanity." Life. An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This Viking Critical Library edition is accompanied by essays, discussion topics, a chronology, and a