One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey's remarkable novel about life in a mental hospital, as recounted by a half-Indian 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.