One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Ken Kesey
Harry Hartog's review
My favourite book. This read boiled my blood, made me laugh, broke my heart, and Randle McMurphy took me on that rollercoaster. This is a story of hope, and a story of great cruelty. - Kyle, Harry Hartog Penrith
Description
Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest captured the radical anti-establishment mood of 1960s America. Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her psychiatric ward with an iron fist and a penchant for electric shock therapy, so when the boisterous McMurphy arrives - intent on disruption and showing the other patients a good time - a titanic battle of wills emerges. Kesey explores the shadowy boundaries between conformity and individuality, sanity and madness, with devastating effect.
- ISBN:
- 9780141037493
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 320
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint:
- Penguin Books Ltd