Kesey, Ken

The struggle for power between a head nurse and a male patient in a mental institution leads to a climax of hate, violence and death.

A high-spirited petty criminal fakes mental illness in order to reduce his sentence at the prison work farm.

A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse.

A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse.

This Special Edition includes a 1989 interview from public radio's Fresh Air in which Terry Gros speaks with Ken Kesey about the influences and inspirations for his most important novels, and his status as a 1960's counter-culture icon.

Ken Kesey chronicles the three years he spent in prison for pot possession, profiling the inmates and deputies, describing the social structure of the jail, and recounting his more entertaining experiences.