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Reviewed on September 13, 2024 | Banned Classics - Fiction
Gr 9 Up—Con man Randall P. McMurphy, convicted of drunkenness, assault, and battery, pulls a fast one when he requests a transfer to the men's ward of a mental hospital to get out of the hard labor of a work farm. A ward of scared men is in thrall to the powerful, unflappable Nurse Ratched. McMurphy, charismatic and selfish, challenges her authority when a desire to make the men laugh—something, he's observed, they never do—turns him into a person who cares about others. He relies ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More