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'What we were after ... was lashings of ultra-violence.'In Anthony Burgess' infamous nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?Burgess writes of social prophecy and free will in this black comedy.
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A clockwork orange, Anthony Burgess
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- A clockwork orange
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Burgess
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 148
- ISBN10
- 014027409x
- ISBN13
- 9780140274097
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Science Fiction, Classics, Murders, Society, England, Gifts for men, Coming Of Age, Dystopia, Great Britain, Adapted for Film, English Literature, London, Dark, Violence, Teens, Drugs, Future, Prison, Rape, Manipulation, Utopia, Experiments (Science), Punk, Gangs, Subcultures, Brainwashing, Social Pathology and Deviance, Rioting
- First published
- 1962
- Original title
- A Clockwork Orange
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 'What we were after ... was lashings of ultra-violence.'In Anthony Burgess' infamous nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?Burgess writes of social prophecy and free will in this black comedy.