Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.
| ISBN: | 9780143105022 |
| Publication date: | 26th June 2008 |
| Author: | Ken Kesey |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 281 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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| Recommendations: |
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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Audiobooks of the Month, General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is available in Hardback, Paperback, Audiobook, Ebook
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was written by Ken Kesey and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has 281 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition series
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