One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Hardback Published on: 22/07/2027
Price: £16.99
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Read This 10 Times, You'll Still Find New Things
The first time I read this book, I loved it. It had a gripping plot, it had complex yet believable characters and it had a brilliant and poignant ending. I... READ MORE
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
First published in 1962, the themes within this twisted novel are as relevant today as they were in the sixties and Kesey's masterpiece has lost none of it... READ MORE
Synopsis
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241814802
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 204 x 132 x 40 mm
- Weight: 750g
- Languages: English
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An unreliable narrator makes us question the character's perspectives. Is McMurphy any better than Nurse Ratched? (Both use the patients for their own self... READ MORE
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This book amazed me, it tells the story of a man determined to live life by his own rules without shattering the rules of the society and situation he find... READ MORE
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
An unreliable narrator raises questions. Is McMurphy really any better than Nurse Ratched? (Both use the patients for their own means.) Is he a paedophilia... READ MORE
Timeless Classic
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest remains to be one of the best stories I have ever read. Ken Kesey grips his reader within the first opening pages. Personal... READ MORE
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest Review
I didn't like this book as much as I thought I would. It is seen through the eye's of a half-Indian mute called Chief Bromden who escapes from the mental h... READ MORE
A book that still retains the magic
Can it really be 50 years since the publication of this book, I remember my first reading in the mid 70's and it has been a great pleasure, and a walk down... READ MORE
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
“”...One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the Cuckoo’s nest...”
A must read. Profoundly hilarious, yet disturbing and shocking at the same time. A ... READ MORE
I don't like it
I was excited to read this, but I could not get through it at all. it has great reviews and everyone says it has a gripping plot but I could not identify a... READ MORE
The power of one
The definitive exploration of the thin line between madness and sanity and the relationship between the individual and the state.
Kesey’s masterpiece i... READ MORE