One flew over the cuckoo's nest K. Kesey ; with ill. and a new introd. by the K. Kesey ; text introd. by R. Faggen

Ken Kesey's counterculture classic. Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned. This edition includes a new foreword by Kesey, a new text introduction by Robert Faggen, and line drawings the author made when writing the book, many never before published. "A glittering parable of good and evil." - The New York Times Book Review "A roar of protest against middlebrow society's Rules and the Rulers who enforce them." – Time