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 … 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
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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