A Clockwork Orange
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A Clockwork Orange
Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's ninth. He and his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills.
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In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture, and murder—for fun.
Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes, and the State undertakes to reform him—but how and at what cost?
A Clockwork Orange presents a dystopian world teetering on the brink of moral and societal collapse, challenging the distinction between free will and state control.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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A Clockwork Orange is often described as a shocking and brilliant novel, with Roald Dahl referring to it as both terrifying and marvellous. Martin Amis notes that the book continues to shock and impress with its mischievous and sinister qualities.
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ISBN: 9780141182605
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 February 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Blake Morrison
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He served in the army from 1940 to 1954 before becoming a colonial education officer. It was while he held this post that doctors told him he would die, and he decided to try to live by writing. He achieved a worldwide reputation as one of the leading novelists of his day, and one of the most versitile. His writings include criticism, scripts and translations, and a Broadway musical, and he composed three symphonies which have been publicly performed in the USA. His books have been published all over the world and include A Clockwork Orange, The Clockwork Testament, Inside Mr Enderby, Enderby's Dark Lady, Earthly Powers, Abba Abba and The End of the World News. Anthony Burgess died in 1993.
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