One flew over the cuckoos nest by ken kesey scholastic. Apparently, the prison hes been staying in wants to get rid. His second novel, sometimes a great notion, followed in 1964. His other books include keseys garage sale, demon box, caverns. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of one flew over the cuckoos nest and what it means. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Set in the bleak confines of a state mental hospital and narrated by a halfindian patient named chief bromden, its the story of a titanic battle of wills between two unforgettable characters. Fiction nurse ratcheds ward in the mental hospital runs like clockwork until randle patrick. Listen to one flew over the cuckoos nest audiobook by ken kesey. One flew over the cuckoos nest 1962 is a novel written by ken kesey. One flew over the cuckoos nest audible audio edition.
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