For the first time in Russian—the last novel by Ken Kesey, guru of psychedelia and author of one of the most important books of the 20th century—One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest! Translated by Viktor Golyshov, the master to whom we owe the cuckoo.
The last showdown is based on real events from 1911, when the First World Championship of Rodeo took place in the Oregon town of Pendleton—and has been held every year since then. So here it is: three immortal riders loom on the northwest horizon—distant, misty, lit from behind by so many tall tales and lies that their shadows seem more solid than their silhouettes. Only one of them will receive the silver-inlaid prize saddle; only one will receive the queen of the rodeo’s love; and only one is fated to enter history.