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100 Best Books

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey's first novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest tells Chief Bromden's story of life in a mental hospital. Bromden's strictly ordered environment is disrupted by the introduction of a force of unwavering individuality, a new patient named Randle Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy soon galvanizes the other patients against Nurse Ratched's oppressive control, but things turn sour as the patients' personal independence collides with Nurse Ratched's authoritarian power.

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1 comment:

Kristin N said...

Great book. My mom said the author was a huge acid freak. That explains a lot