![]() ![]() ‘I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language…a very funny book’ William S. ![]() It is about the excitements and intoxicating effects of language’ Daily Telegraph ‘Not only about man’s violent nature and his capacity to choose between good and evil. ‘A gruesomely witty cautionary tale’ Time ‘Every generation should discover this book’ Time Out ![]() It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language – ‘nadsat’, the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future. A lost sequel to Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, in which the author explores the moral panic that followed the release of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of his novel, has been. Antony Burgess reads chapters of his novel A. Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. A brilliant reading from the novel by one of the wittiest commentators and literary figures of this century. ![]() Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him – but at what cost? A Clockwork Orange is one of the '100 best novels' of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowies Book List. 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. A Clockwork Orange (Kindle Edition) Published August 29th 2011 by W. About the author (2012) Anthony Burgess (19171993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. ![]()
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