One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Contributor(s): Kesey, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 0451163966 ISBN-13: 9780451163967 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: February 1963 Annotation: An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 00000795 |
Lexile Measure: 1040 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.2" W x 7.4" (0.40 lbs) 336 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 8667 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 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 |