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A literary icon sometimes seen as a bridge between the beat generation and the hippies, ken kesey scored an unexpected hit with his first novel, one flew over the cuckoos nest. The redheaded gambler incites the patients to disobedience, thus earning the disapprobation of the head nurse. Chief bromden, nicknamed chief broom because the aides make him sweep the halls, narrates one flew over the cuckoos nest. One flew over the cuckoos nest audiobook adapted part 1. Listen to one flew over the cuckoos nest by ken kesey for free with a 30 day.
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