Picador, London, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. the book that inspired the film starring Jack Nicholson. Previous owner's name on the title page. This particular edition was printed in Australia in Melbourne. slight rubbing of the edges of the spine, and age darkening of the page edges. Otherwise clean and without any annotations. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall ). 255 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0330235648. ISBN/EAN: 9780330235648. Inventory No: 0261251. . 9780330235648

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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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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0261251
Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Author: KESEY, Ken
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0330235648
ISBN 13: 9780330235648
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1976
Keywords: BZDB2 psychiatry asylum Jack Nicholson Literature & Literary; Unbranded ISBN: 0330235648 EAN: 9780330235648 KESEY, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...