description: Feigning insanity to get out of weeding peas on a penal farm, freewheeling Randall Patrick McMurphy enters a psychiatric hospital. But his little joke on the system lands him in the care of Nurse Ratched-a tyrannical head nurse who rules her patients with chilling authority. Appalled by her power, McMurphy begins a risky one-man campaign to wreak havoc in her well-run ward. Full of foul-mouthed bravado and love of the absurd, McMurphy swaggers in where the stakes are dangerously high. A contemporary classic, Ken Kesey's tale about healthy rebellion has been made into a popular award-winning film of the same name.
language: English
title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
titlecomplete: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
characters: William "Billy" Bibbit, Randle Patrick McMurphy, Martini, Doctor Spivey, James "Jim" Sefelt, Scanlon, Chief Bromden, Dale Harding, Bruce Fredrickson, Charles Cheswick, Nurse Ratched
genres: Literature, American, Psychology, Classics, School, Literary Fiction, Novels, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Fiction
ratings_count: 716893
places: Salem, Oregon, Oregon, The United States of America
publisher:  Recorded Books, LLC