num_pages: 272
description: You've never met anyone like Randle Patrick McMurphy, the hero of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over...He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women. At every turn, he openly defies her rule.The contest starts as sport (with McMurphy taking bets on the outcome) but soon it develops into a grim struggle for the minds and hearts of the men, into an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Big Nurse, backed by the full power of authority ... McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will.
language: English
title: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
titlecomplete: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
characters: Martini, Nurse Ratched, Bruce Fredrickson, Randle Patrick McMurphy, Chief Bromden, William "Billy" Bibbit, Dale Harding, James "Jim" Sefelt, Doctor Spivey, Scanlon, Charles Cheswick
genres: Classics, American, Mental Health, Psychology, Novels, School, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 716899
places: The United States of America, Salem, Oregon, Oregon
publisher: Signet