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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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Description: 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 Mc Murphy a boisterous brawling fun - loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty life - affirming fighter Mc Murphy 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 Mc Murphy who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against Mc Murphy 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
Title: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Author(s): Kesey Ken
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Us
Barcode: 9780451163967
Pages: 272 Pages, Illustrations
Publication Date: 2/1/1963
Series: Signet
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: 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 Mc Murphy a boisterous brawling fun - loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty life - affirming fighter Mc Murphy 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 Mc Murphy who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against Mc Murphy 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
Title: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Author(s): Kesey Ken
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Us
Barcode: 9780451163967
Pages: 272 Pages, Illustrations
Publication Date: 2/1/1963
Series: Signet
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction