One flew over the cuckoo's nest

Author

Ken Kesey

Call Number

• FICTION KESE (CEN, OSH)

Publication Information

New York : Penguin Books, 2003.

Physical Description

xxii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Kesey's work is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on literature. 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.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Viking, 1962.