A Clockwork Orange
(Paperback)
Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 18th September 2012
Paperback
Published: 13th May 2011
Paperback
Published: 1st July 2000
Paperback, New Edition - New ed
Published: 1st August 2006
Paperback
Published: 13th January 2014
Publishing Details
A Clockwork Orange
By (Author) Anthony Burgess
Introduction by Blake Morrison
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
1st July 2000
24th February 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 11mm
136g
Description
In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost
Reviews
A terrifying and marvellous bookRoald Dahl
Still delivers the shock of the new ... a red streak of gleeful evilMartin Amis
Author Bio
Anthony Burgess 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 unoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and 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 and A Clockwork Orange.
