A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. When the state undertakes to reform Alex to redeem him, the novel asks, At what cost? This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction A Clockwork Orange Resucked.
"Looks like a nasty little shocker, but is really that rare thing in English letters: a philosophical novel" -- Time
"A Clockwork Orange… is a book that can still be read with steady pleasure, continuous amusement and—at times—incredulous admiration." -- Martin Amis - New York Times Book Review
"A terrifying and marvelous book." -- Roald Dahl
"A very funny book." -- William S. Burroughs
"Told in high-flying, pyrotechnic patois that’s since bled into the cultural lexicon, A Clockwork Orange is a postmodern triumph." -- Esquire
"A fine farrago of outrageousness.… If you don’t take to it all, then I can’t resist calling you a starry ptitsa who can’t viddy a horrorshow veshch when it’s in front of your glazzies. And yarbles to you." -- Kingsley Amis
"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time8#212and one of the best." -- Irvine Welsh
"A nasty little shocker." -- Times Literary Supplement
"All Mr. Burgess’s powers as a comic writer, which are considerable, have gone into the rich language of his inverted Utopia." -- Malcolm Bradbury
"Extraordinary technical feat." -- New Statesman
"A Clockwork Orange… is a book that can still be read with steady pleasure, continuous amusement and—at times—incredulous admiration." -- Martin Amis - New York Times Book Review
"A terrifying and marvelous book." -- Roald Dahl
"A very funny book." -- William S. Burroughs
"Told in high-flying, pyrotechnic patois that’s since bled into the cultural lexicon, A Clockwork Orange is a postmodern triumph." -- Esquire
"A fine farrago of outrageousness.… If you don’t take to it all, then I can’t resist calling you a starry ptitsa who can’t viddy a horrorshow veshch when it’s in front of your glazzies. And yarbles to you." -- Kingsley Amis
"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time8#212and one of the best." -- Irvine Welsh
"A nasty little shocker." -- Times Literary Supplement
"All Mr. Burgess’s powers as a comic writer, which are considerable, have gone into the rich language of his inverted Utopia." -- Malcolm Bradbury
"Extraordinary technical feat." -- New Statesman
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393341768 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393341763 |
| Title | A Clockwork Orange |
| Author | Anthony Burgess |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2019-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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