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An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s. In this classic novel, Ken Kesey's hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the rules at every turn. But this defiance, which starts as a sport, soon develops into a grim struggle, an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Nurse Ratched, backed by the full power of authority, and McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against McMurphy provides the story's shocking climax. "BRILLIANT "-- Time "A SMASHING ACHIEVEMENT...A TRULY ORIGINAL NOVEL "--Mark Schorer "Mr. Kesey has created a world that is convincing, alive and glowing within its own boundaries...His is a large, robust talent, and he has written a large, robust book."-- Saturday Review This description may be from another edition of this product.

Customer Reviews

69 customer ratings | 8 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Randle Patrick McMurphy is my favorite literary character.

Raw. Real. RPM is my favorite literary character ever. I especially love having Chief narrate the book.

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Rated 3 stars
Hard to get into

I had a hard time getting into this one, I understand it's a classic but I just could not stay interested. It was very slow moving

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Rated 5 stars
Timeless

I had to read this book in english in grade 12 and, I must say, very gripping story. Very interesting! Absolute classic! I love the idea of using the quietest person as the narrator and I think this is as I said: Timeless.

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A Masterpiece of Social Criticism

The longing to be free is an inherent human characteristic. So is distrust of authority. Author Ken Kesey weaves both of these essential human components into his masterpiece, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. The setting of this novel is an insane asylum, darkly and fearfully portrayed by Chief Bromden, the book's narrator. For it is within the wall's of this harsh, bleak institution that Authority--coined the "Combine" by...

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Rated 5 stars
One of the best

Ken Kesey's "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a modern classic and an excellent novel. Cuckoo's Nest follows the life of Chief Bromden as he silently observes the antics of the patients and staff of Big Nurse's ward in an insane asylum. Cuckoo's Nest is well written and after the first 50 or so pages I was hooked.This is the type of book that raises a large number of questions about our society. On one level it treats...

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