A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

    • 4.4 • 338 Ratings
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Publisher Description

One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

“A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.”—New York Times

In Anthony Burgess’s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends’ intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2011
August 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
W. W. Norton & Company
SELLER
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
SIZE
519.3
KB

Customer Reviews

Prophet Amos ,

BOLSHY BOOK

I really enjoyed the book, but the Nadsat slang can get tiring at times. I understand it was needed, but would have appreciated less of it. Adding the Twenty-First chapter was a clincher for me, and tied the book together wonderfully. Given 4 Stars because for me it was too much slang.

Bibliophile 22 ,

A clockwork amazing

This book is truly a work of art. At first you feel hatred towards the acts of the young anti hero but later you learn to pity him and admire his honesty. You can not distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys here. A true work of art.

JLG513 ,

Complex

Although not the easiest read I enjoy a challenge. Great story.

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