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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1962
Pages
Pages 320

A con man fakes insanity to dodge prison and lands on a locked ward ruled by routine and shame under a nurse. He drags the patients back to life with pranks and a stolen party, and pays for it with a lobotomy his friend ends in mercy.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey

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