Ken Kesey's bracing, inslightful novel about the meaning of madness
and the value of self-reliance, and the inspiration for the new Netflix
original series Ratched
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of
our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their
heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its
inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick
McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose
her. We see the story 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 powers that keep them all imprisoned.
Hailed upon its publication as a glittering parable of good and evil
(The New York Times Book Review) and a roar of protest against
middlebrow society's Rules and the invisible Rulers who enforce them
(Time), Kesey's powerful book went on to sell millions of copies and
remains as bracing and insightful today as when it was first released.
This new deluxe hardcover edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary
of the original publication of the novel on February 1, 1962, and will
be a must have for any literature lover.