Ken Kesey’s bracing,inslightful novel about the meaning of madness and the value of self-relianceand the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched Boisterousribaldand ultimately shatteringKen KeseyΓÇÖs One Flew Over the CuckooΓÇÖs Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitantsespecially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphythe brawlingfun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromdenthe seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphyΓÇÖs heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned.