One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity, is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority ... (more)

McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity, is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse. (less)

An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world. (more)

An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world. (less)

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"Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a seminal novel of the 19... (more)

"Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a seminal novel of the 1960s. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants--a counterculture classic that inspired the 1975 film adaptation, widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made"-- (less)

A criminal feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head... (more)

A criminal feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse. (less)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, as well as its importance and critical ... (more)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author. (less)

He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lus... (more)

He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women; at every turn, he openly defies her rule. The contest starts as sport (with McMurphy taking bets on the outcome) but soon it develops into a grim struggle for the minds and hearts of the men, into an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Big Nurse, backed by the full power of authority ... McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will. (less)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the most electrifying, most admired novels of our time. Set in the bleak confi... (more)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the most electrifying, most admired novels of our time. Set in the bleak confines of a state mental hospital, it's the story of a titanic battle of wills between two unforgetable characters. On one side is Big Nurse, who rules her ward with iron discipline. On the other is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a lustful, brawling, life-loving new inmate who refuses to knuckle under to Big Nurse's soul-destoying methods. In the end, McMurphy pays the ultimate price for his defiancebut not before his rebellious spirit has shown Chief Bromden the way to reclaim his own future. (less)

Tells the adventures of a free-spirited mental ward inmate whose rebelliousness pits him against the repressive head nur... (more)

Tells the adventures of a free-spirited mental ward inmate whose rebelliousness pits him against the repressive head nurse, and whose charm wins him the loyalty of his fellow inmates. (less)