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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Kesey, Ken
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Penguin Books Strong Binding, No Spine Creases, No names or page markings. Cover has top spine/ edge rub. Text and Criticism edited by John Clark Pratt. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This version of the novel is bound with the traditional cover. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011764
- Title
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Author
- Kesey, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FICTION, MOVIE, MENTAL HEALTH FACIITY, HUMOR, CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Vintage Bookstore
Biblio member since 2008
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania
About The Vintage Bookstore
We are an internet only seller specializing in used, rare and out of print items. Lots of Children's books, Poetry, Literature and Antiquarian titles in Decorative Bindings.All books are on premises and usually ship, carefully wrapped, within 24 hours.
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