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by Anthony Burgess (Author) "'WHAT'S it going to be then, eh?' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (3 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014027409X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140274097
  • Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 11.1 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (223 customer reviews)
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'What we were after ... was lashings of ultra-violence.' In Anthony Burgess' infamous nightmare vision of youth culture 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? Burgess writes of social prophecy and free will in this black comedy.

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Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer - during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: THE COMPLETE ENDERBY, TREMOR OF INTENT and THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The joys of Bach and beating someone's face in, 2 Mar 2009
This review is from: A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
From its opening lines, A Clockwork Orange stands out as an extraordinary tour de force in imagination and characterisation, a unique depiction of a troubled teenager and his love for gang violence in a dystopian future, where a sinister government struggles to keep order against a rising tide of gang crime. Although the narrator speaks in the street jargon of the future, his story is instantly recognisable and the imaginary world created by Burgess is both alien and familiar. This is the future, and it could be happening right now in street near you. Alex will repulse you, and you will love him. The violence will shock you, and you will laugh. This is a modern day fairy tale to scare the parents. Definitely a contender for the greatest book of the twentieth century.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Real Horrorshow, my brothers!, 29 Aug 2000
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Burgess's masterpiece, and to his own dismay a confirmed cult classic. He never escaped the influence or the infamy of this book, and I doubt he ever will, even in death. Alex, the 'Beethoven-loving' central character maraudes throughout a future dystopia with his three droogs without restraint in a disturbing and gripping tale told through in the language of 'Nadsat'; a bastardized conglomeration of nonsense and English.(The language may seem a little incomprehensible at first, but don't be dissuaded, the book wouldn't be half as good without it; in a way it's what makes it so original and you soon get used to it, or should I say fluent in it. I found myself using Nadsat phraseology in my own conversations while I was reading it, just for fun).That is until he is betrayed by his droogs and imprisoned. The real message of the book then begins to appear however, and all the violence that assaults us in the first part of the book suddenly serves its purpose. While imprisoned Alex agrees to become a guinea pig in an experiment; an experiment to alter his mind, to cure him of all wicked impulses. He agrees in the hope that he will be let out of jail early, and he gets his wish. He is systematically brainwashed with aversion therapy, until he cannot willfully inflict harm on anyone without becoming violently nauseous. And so fully cured, he walks free. Then his troubles really begin, because he no longer has the ability to cope with the dystopia he previously relished for all its anarchy. He gets beaten up by his former droogs, now policemen, and is subjected to a number of encounters in which his former victims are able to take their revenge for his former deeds. Eventually he depairs and tries to kill himself, and in doing so becomes the centre of attention as the politicians try to use him to win their arguments concerning the brainwashing scheme. The book ends on a hopeful and cheery note though, a point many people forget to mention, and by the last page Alex's adventure has almost become a rite of passage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Undoubtedly a 20th Century classic, 29 Jun 2006
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The strange lingo is called Nadsat and, it's not/never was a secret - it's based on Russian. This book is a massive cultural milestone, as is Kubrick's adaptation for the big screen. It's probably about 15 years since I read, and fell in love with, this book. Haven't actually gotten round to reading it again, but I bought several copies to give to friends, etc. You couldn't claim to be interested in popular culture and not have read this book - even if you don't enjoy it (and the violence is graphic), it's a must-read! I remember how strange the book felt, being written in this weird lingo which, at first, seems to alienate, but then, very quickly, has the effect of drawing you in to the world of Alex and his Droogs. At the time, Kubrick's film was still banned, and I waited several more years, until 1996/7, to see it (on a foreign satellite channel). Great film, better book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An apparently repulsive yet philosophical novel
'A Clockwork Orange' is one of those rare novels that manages to burrow into the deepest layers of your cortex and refuses to extricate itself. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mr. P. J. Duffield

5.0 out of 5 stars A Clockwork Orange (Y)
I absoultely love this book! The delivery wasn't too long either, ive already read it twice im obsessed with it! :D
Published 23 days ago by Ms. L. L. Pemble

1.0 out of 5 stars Good idea ruined by gibberish
I was looking forward to reading this but gave up after a few pages. I wish I'd thumbed through it first in a book shop. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul Symes

1.0 out of 5 stars ...Pardon?
I bought this book as it is highly regarded as a 'classic' but be warned - when they say "no-one has done as much with language as Burgess..." they mean it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Floyd O'Doyle

5.0 out of 5 stars ahh language!
it's truly amazing how Burgess manages to do so very much in so very short a novel.

in a recent stand up gig michael mcintyre suggested that any word can be used in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Flintoft

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Weird
This book is one of those all time classics that I felt I just had to read- and I was not disappointed. Not having seen the film, I think this was a good base to start on. Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Valcin

5.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Determination Required
This is quite possibly the best book I've ever read, and I've read a lot. Alex is an amazing character who, despite his obvious mental issues (he does go around raping and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by F. Gibbon

5.0 out of 5 stars 'A real horrorshow veck, O my brothers'
As my eyes glanced over the last line of this never-before-encountered-the-likes-of novel ('But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Marlyly

4.0 out of 5 stars A choodessny classic
A Clockwork Orange is a novel written by Anthony Burgess and released in England in 1962. It is now considered to a classic piece of English literature, but was, at the time of... Read more
Published 8 months ago by LTZ

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly individual and very Horrorshow, O My Brothers.
Anthony Burgess was a literary giant. Despite his wishes, this remains the work for which he is best remembered. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mark Slattery

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