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A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
- Penguin Essentials
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Publisher | Penguin Essentials |
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ISBN | 9780241951446 |
Publication date | August 2017 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 181 x 111 mm |
Pages | 144 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
extra information | Reprint |
Description
A Clockwork Orange is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.
'What's it going to be then, eh?'
In this nightmare vision of youth 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?
Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.