A Clockwork Orange

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Anthony Burgess` nightmare vision of a society overrun by nihilistic violence & governed by a menacing totalitarian state, ”A Clockwork Orange”

Includes:: an introduction by Blake Morrison in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn`t just like ultra-violence
- he also enjoys rape, drugs & Beethoven`s ninth. He & his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state & subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, & the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique, he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day. The basis for Stanley Kubrick`s notorious 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist & a serious exploration of the morality of free will. In his introduction, Blake Morrison situates ”A Clockwork Orange” within the context of Anthony Burgess` many other works, explores the author`s unhappiness with the Stanley Kubrick film version, analyses the composition of the Nadsat argot spoken by Alex & his droogs, & examines the influences on Burgess` unique, eternally original style. Anthony Burgess (1917-93) 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 inoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer & went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: ” The Complete Enderby”, ” Tremor of Intent”, ” The Kingdom of the Wicked” & ”A Clockwork Orange”. If you enjoyed ”A Clockwork Orange”, you might like Ken Kesey`s ” One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ”I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language...a very funny book.” (William S. Burroughs).