**A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the
inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a
foreword by Chuck Palahniuk
**
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel
has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new
deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe
Sacco, 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 powers that keep them
all imprisoned.
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