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This is a delightful read. Funny and dramatic.

From IMDb:
Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse.
A rebellious 1950s mental hospital patient confronts the system. Adapted from the stage show of the novel. Stars Bob Sherman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0089hkg ...more
Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse.
A rebellious 1950s mental hospital patient confronts the system. Adapted from the stage show of the novel. Stars Bob Sherman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0089hkg ...more

For a short book, this was really slow in story. The interesting parts revolved around McMurphy; any other time, the story lagged. I didn't care for the narrator; I guess I just didn't "get him".
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