In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess's introduction, "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."

About the Author
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List.

Reviews
"Looks like a nasty little shocker, but is really that rare thing in English letters: a philosophical novel." -- Time
"A Clockwork Orange... is a book that can still be read with steady pleasure, continuous amusement and-at times-incredulous admiration." -- Martin Amis - New York Times Book Review
"A terrifying and marvelous book." -- Roald Dahl
"A very funny book." -- William S. Burroughs
"Told in high-flying, pyrotechnic patois that's since bled into the cultural lexicon, A Clockwork Orange is a postmodern triumph." -- Esquire
"A fine farrago of outrageousness.... If you don't take to it all, then I can't resist calling you a starry ptitsa who can't viddy a horrorshow veshch when it's in front of your glazzies. And yarbles to you." -- Kingsley Amis
"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time8#212and one of the best." -- Irvine Welsh
"A nasty little shocker." -- Times Literary Supplement
"All Mr. Burgess's powers as a comic writer, which are considerable, have gone into the rich language of his inverted Utopia." -- Malcolm Bradbury
"Extraordinary technical feat." -- New Statesman



Book Information
ISBN 9780393341768
Author Anthony Burgess
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 207g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 15mm