Pitching an extraordinary battle between cruel authority and a rebellious free spirit,Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel that epitomises the spirit of the sixties. This Penguin Classics edition includes a preface,never-before published illustrations by the author,and an introduction by Robert Faggen.Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine,unopposed by her patients,who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electroshock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy - the swaggering,fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden,a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. The subject of an Oscar-winning film starring Jack Nicholson,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest an exuberant,ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.If you enjoyed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,you might like Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange,also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'A glittering parable of good and evil'The New York Times Book Review'A roar of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the Rulers who enforce them'Time'If you haven't already read this book,do so. If you have,read it again'Scotsman
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141187884Number of pages: 320Weight: 236 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
Ken Kesey
Writeer and cultural iconoclast - a link between the Beat Generation and the Hippy culture of the 1960s.
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Known primarily for his controversial,transgressive fiction - in particular his 1996 novel Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk is a bestselling American novelist and journalist. Written after his first novel,Invisible Monsters was rejected by major publishers,Fight Club went on to be adapted into a cult film,winning Palahniuk a legion of fans. His other works include Choke,Survivor,Lullaby - which was famously inspired by the murder of his father by a former convict - Rant,Snuff,Haunted, Damned,Doomed,Fight Club 2 and Adjustment Day.
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