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The Sterile Cuckoo by John Nichols 1965 Edition HC Book w/dust jacket. The Sterile Cuckoo was first published in 1965 and is the first novel by American novelist John Nichols. Largely set at an eastern college in the early 1960s, it tells the story of a quirky young couple – eccentric, imaginative Pookie Adams and conventional, unimaginative Jerry Payne – whose relationship deepens despite their differences, but eventually falls apart.