A Clockwork Orange

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Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess's stage play of his infamous cult novel and film of the same name.Alex and his vicious teenage gang revel in horrific violence, mugging and gang rape. Alex also revels in the music of Beethoven. The Gang communicates in a language which is as complicated as their actions. When a drug-fuelled night of fun ends in murder, Alex is finally busted and banged up. He is given a choice - be brainwashed into good citizenship and set free, or face a lifetime inside. Anthony Burgess's play with music, based on his own provocative 1962 novella of the same name, was first published in 1987. A Clockwork Orange was made into a film classic by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and was dramatizes by the RSC in 1990.

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Author

Anthony Burgess

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A&C Black

Published Date

1998-01-01

ISBN

0413735907 9780413735904

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"It's weird how a author can create a character so unlikeable but somehow find a way to make us still interested to see what happens next to them. Anyway, Give it a viddy, ok brother? 😂 "

Irene Jaylene 🥀

"Wild wild book, this book describes what life looks like for certain humans, the struggle of life which for most people only emerges rarely, but for certain people that struggle is a threat daily "

Berel Shur

"Burgess’ Joycean argot is breathtaking in scope and spot on creating a new vernacular, and the passages describing classical music are amazing! "

Brian Skeens

"The violence didn’t deter me, but the language was hard for me to follow. I spent so much time googling to try to understand the English terms. Made it less enjoyable to read. "

MindySue

"This is a true classic! The use of language in this book is extremely intricate and complex, yet it brings its own hint to the book, giving it a really unusual and twisted writing style. Yet, it is pretty dystopian, and the point of view in this book happens through the point of a “villain” of the story, so hopefully you will enjoy reading it!"

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Bozo ☮️

"Hard to read in more ways than one. Dark material. The only book I've come across that made me dislike the protagonist while feeling sorry for him, and seeing a bit of my younger self in him. That alone makes it a worthy read."

Scott Ashcraft

"I read this with a little bit of reference help from a Russian-speaking friend. The linguistic creativity in this book is really very good (especially the bastardization 'horrorshow'). Compare to 'Catcher in the Rye' which *repeats* its slang ad nauseum. I read the version with the 21st chapter, but I actually was not completely for it and could see why they chose to drop it in the American edition. It comes across as a bit naive and almost strange in that it posits horrific violence and criminality is an inevitable symptom of youth (so there are no older criminals?) and that getting a girlfriend and settling down will obviously transform the most egregious of offenders. But still a terrific read."

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Leah Burns

"One of the only books that I chose to read for pleasure in high school."