num_pages: 310
description: Alternate Cover Edition here.Chief Bromden, half American-Indian, whom the authorities believe is deaf and dumb, tells the story of a mental institution ruled by Big Nurse on behalf of the all-powerful Combine.Into this terrifying grey world comes McMurphy, a brawling gambling man, who wages total war on behalf of his cowed fellow-inmates. What follows is at once hilarious and heroic, tragic and ultimately liberating.Since its first publication in 1962, Ken Kesey's astonishing first novel has achieved the status of a contemporary classic.--back cover
language: English
title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
titlecomplete: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
characters: Nurse Ratched, Dale Harding, Randle Patrick McMurphy, Doctor Spivey, James "Jim" Sefelt, Martini, Scanlon, William "Billy" Bibbit, Chief Bromden, Charles Cheswick, Bruce Fredrickson
genres: American, Mental Health, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Mental Illness, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 716925
places: Salem, Oregon, Oregon, The United States of America
publisher: Picador