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A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Anthony Burgess
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE ANTHONY BURGESS
‘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?
A study of free will?
A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates ‘nadsat’, the
teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.
‘Every generation should discover this book’ - Time Out
‘A gruesomely witty cautionary tale’ - Time
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PENGUINFiction
I S B N 978-0-141-18260-5
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AClockworkOrange_DesignAwardsCOVTemplate2.indd 1 24/09/2015 16:07
‘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?
A study of free will?
A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates ‘nadsat’, the
teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.
‘Every generation should discover this book’ - Time Out
£9.99
PENGUINFicton
I S BN 978-0-141-18260-5
9 7 8 0 1 4 1 1 8 2 6 0 5
AClockworkOrange_DesignAwardsCOVTemplate2.indd 1 24/09/2015 16:07
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Anthony Burgess
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE ANTHONY BURGESS
‘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? A study of free will? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates ‘nadsat’, the teenage slang of a not-too-
distant future.
‘Every generation should discover this book’ Time Out
‘A gruesomely witty cautionary tale’ – Time
£9.99
PENGUINFiction
I S B N 978-0-141-18260-5
9 7 8 0 1 4 1 1 8 2 6 0 5
‘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?
A study of free will?
A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates ‘nadsat’, the
teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.
‘Every generation should discover this book’ - Time Out
