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£9.99

PENGUINFicton

I S B N 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

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

£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

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

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