A Clockwork Orange
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3.8
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Anthony Burgess
"A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. 'A Clockwork Orange' is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to 'redeem' him, the novel asks, 'At what cost?' This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction 'A Clockwork Orange Resucked.'" -- Page [4] of cover.
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Author
Anthony Burgess
Pages
192
Publisher
Norton
Published Date
1986
ISBN
0808581945 9780808581949
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"One of my favorite novels"
Benoit Filion
"I'd say it's a pretty decent book. I had a hard time following alot of what was going on some times because of the main protagonists slang, but once you get past that it goes into a more dystopia feel. If you like dystopia novels and don't mind made up slang, you will probably like this book."
Corvus Corax
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