A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a foreword by Chuck PalahniukBoisterous, 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 … 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.
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Great read!
I hated the movie … the book was not only way better, but quite different. If the book were to be made into a movie again, it should have more of a Donnie Darko vibe; seeing everything from one person’s perspective, and never really knowing whether or not that person is seeing things as they are.
Recommendation: If you love the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest or are going into the mental health field, I highly recommend reading the book. It is fairly short, and an easy read, but well worth it. The narrator really draws you into the head of someone with a severe mental illness in a way that not many books do.
Tragicomedic tale. Great story line, great characters.
Not easy to read but the story is fascinating. One time I would say the movie was better
Sort of interesting
Great book
much better than the movie.
When I read this book years ago…when it first came out I thought it was one of the best books I had ever read. Still do. It’s one of those books you think about and never forgot