Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) was an American novelist and counterculture icon. Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest following his participation in a study testing mind-altering drugs and work in a VA hospital. To promote his book Sometimes a Great Notion, Kesey banded together with the Merry Pranksters for a cross-country trip ending in New York, a famous drug-laced adventure that was documented in The Electric Kool-Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.