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''I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language ... a very funny book'' William S. Burroughs

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. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, and the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique, he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day. The basis for Stanley Kubrick''s notorious 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist and a serious exploration of the morality of free will.

In his introduction, Blake Morrison situates A Clockwork Orange within the context of Anthony Burgess''s many other works, explores the author''s unhappiness with the Stanley Kubrick film version, analyses the composition of the Nadsat argot spoken by Alex and his droogs, and examines the influences on Burgess''s unique, eternally original style.

With an Introduction by Blake Morrison



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A terrifying and marvellous book—Roald Dahl

Still delivers the shock of the new ... a red streak of gleeful evil—Martin Amis

A Clockwork Orange

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 24 February 2000
      ISBN-13 9780141182605
      978-0141182605
      ISBN-10 0141182601
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language ... a very funny book'' William S. Burroughs

      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. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, and the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique, he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day. The basis for Stanley Kubrick''s notorious 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist and a serious exploration of the morality of free will.

      In his introduction, Blake Morrison situates A Clockwork Orange within the context of Anthony Burgess''s many other works, explores the author''s unhappiness with the Stanley Kubrick film version, analyses the composition of the Nadsat argot spoken by Alex and his droogs, and examines the influences on Burgess''s unique, eternally original style.

      With an Introduction by Blake Morrison



      Trade Review
      A terrifying and marvellous book—Roald Dahl

      Still delivers the shock of the new ... a red streak of gleeful evil—Martin Amis

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