Image from Amazon.com
One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey ; with illustrations and a preface by the author ; introduction by Robert Faggen.
Series: Popular PenguinsPublication details: Melbourne : Penguin Group (Australia), 2008.Description: xxii, 281 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780141037493
- 813.54 22
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | KES | Available | 057862 |
Total reserves: 0
First published in the U.S. by Viking, 1962.
This book captured the radical anti-establishment mood of 1960s America. Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her psychiatric ward with an iron fist and a penchant for electric shock therapy, so when the boisterous McMurphy arrives - intent on disruption and showing the other patients a good time - a titanic battle of wills emerges. Kesey explores the shadowy boundaries between conformity and individuality, sanity and madness, with devastating effect.
