{"product_id":"kill-the-engine-kiley-jon-clark-9781523231508","title":"Kill The Engine: a rough-draft novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \u003cb\u003eAn Unofficial, Haunting Thought-Experiment - Bromden's Story Doesn't End at the Fence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst and foremost: \u003ci\u003eKill The Engine: A Rough-Draft Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e an official sequel to \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIt's not affiliated with Ken Kesey.\u003cbr\u003eIt's not canon.\u003cbr\u003eIt's something more dangerous - and maybe more necessary.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a \u003ci\u003ethought experiment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eimagined continuation\u003c\/i\u003e of what might have happened after Bromden ran through the glass, into the night, into a world that didn't know what to do with men like him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \"rough-draft novel\" is gritty, raw, and unpolished - on purpose. It follows Chief Bromden into a world that's just as crazy, just as brutal as the one he escaped. Finding work. Finding housing. Finding a way to keep breathing while the ghosts of the ward still rattle inside his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not a clean, heroic return to life. It's messy. It's heartbreaking.\u003cbr\u003eBromden's son comes next - fighting his own demons. Then the grandson.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when the grandson winds up back inside another asylum, staring up at the same fluorescent lights... you realize: \u003cbr\u003eThe machine's still running.\u003cbr\u003eThe engine was never just inside the walls of the ward.\u003cbr\u003eIt's everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill The Engine\u003c\/i\u003e reads like Bromden's voice: heavy, broken in places, full of silence and flashes of poetry.\u003cbr\u003eYou don't race through it - you drag yourself with him, chapter after chapter, through the heavy fog of memory, pain, and stubborn, impossible hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a feel-good book.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a \u003ci\u003efeel-everything\u003c\/i\u003e book.\u003cbr\u003eIf you ever wondered what happens after the last page of \u003ci\u003eCuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e - this imagined journey feels honest enough to hurt, real enough to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal. Beautiful. Necessary.\u003cbr\u003eBut remember: this is a \u003ci\u003etribute\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003ewhat-if\u003c\/i\u003e, not an official continuation.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a rough draft of the American nightmare we're still trying to wake up from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kiley Jon Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523231505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523231508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Kiley Jon Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962631311615,"sku":"9781523231508","price":13.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1428e4ac-265b-45dc-ab34-671c3b1def5b.jpg?v=1750652047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kill-the-engine-kiley-jon-clark-9781523231508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}