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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books)
 
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books) (Hardcover)
by Ken Kesey (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  (22 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New Ed edition (15 Aug 1980)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330235648
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330235648
  • Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,556 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Chief Bromden, half American-Indian, whom the authorities believe is deaf and dumb, tells the story of a mental institution ruled by Big Nurse on behalf of the all-powerful Combine. Into this terrifying grey world comes McMurphy, a brawling gambling man, who wages total war on behalf of his cowed fellow-inmates. What follows is at once hilarious and heroic, tragic and ultimately liberating. Since its first publication in 1962, Ken Kesey's astonishing first novel has achieved the status of a contemporary classic. "Kesey can be funny, he can be lyrical, he can do dialogue, and he can write a muscular narrative. In fact there's not much better come out of America in the sixties...If you haven't already read this book, do so. If youhave, read it again" - Douglas Eadie, "Scotsman".

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning - one of the best books I have ever read, 18 Aug 1999
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This has planted itself firmly in my favourite books of all time. The narrative comes from the perspective of a patient on the ward of a mental asylum and offers the perspective of someone whose experience is often tinged by fear and delusion. This adds to what is a wonderful parable about life and conformity in society. The book is incredibly sad, but yet offers something of an optimistic message at the end. I can't recommend this book hearily enough. Inevitably many people might say 'I've seen the film'. The film was great in its own right but just reflected what is an astonishing book.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Devastatingly Brilliant, 30 Nov 2002
Ken Kesey’s novel is narrated by Chief Bromden, a 7 foot giant of an American Indian, residing in a mental institution where everybody believes the Chief is both deaf and dumb. He draws a dark, confusing picture of the ward in which he has spent the past ten years under the dictatorial rule of the Big Nurse - Nurse Ratched - and her croni