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A clockwork orange

Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.

A clockwork orange Anthony Burgess. - London : Penguin 2011, c1962. - 1 v. ; 19 cm.

Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1962.

What we were after was lashings of ultraviolence'. 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.

ISBN: 9780241951446 (pbk.)

Standard No.: 4219.147670

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB0B6235

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: F

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