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A Clockwork Orange

By Anthony Burgess

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| Paperback | 9780393312836

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"Anthony Burgess reads chapters of his novel A Clockwork Orange with hair-raising drive and energy. Although it is a fantasy set in an Orwellian future, this is anything but a bedtime story." -The New York Times

Told by the central character, Alex, this brilliant, hilarious, and disturContinue

"Anthony Burgess reads chapters of his novel A Clockwork Orange with hair-raising drive and energy. Although it is a fantasy set in an Orwellian future, this is anything but a bedtime story." -The New York Times

Told by the central character, Alex, this brilliant, hilarious, and disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism.Anthony Burgess' 1963 classic stands alongside Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World as a classic of twentieth century post-industrial alienation, often shocking us into a thoughtful exploration of the meaning of free will and the conflict between good and evil. In this recording, the author's voice lends an intoxicating lyrical dimension to the language he has so masterfully crafted.

"I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language as Mr. Burgess has done [in A Clockwork Orange]." -William S. Burroughs

Recognized as one of the literary geniuses of our time, Anthony Burgess produced thirty-two novels, a volume of verse, sixteen works of nonfiction, and two plays. Originally a composer, his creative output also included countless musical compositions, including symphonies, operas, and jazz. The author's musicality is evident in the lyrical and dramatic reading he gives in this recording. Anthony Burgess died in 1993.

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  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

    A Clockwork Orange comes under the heading of "books you feel you ought to have read by now". Mostly these are books that you don't necessarily want to read, but are considered such classics that an inability to pass any kind of comment upon them sug ... (read full critics)

    thebookbag published on Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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  • 3 people find this helpful

    If this book doesn't compel you to go dratsing with your baddiwad droogies, giving some poor bratchny a horrorshow tolchok, then heading to the Korovo Milk Bar for some moloko and vellocet while viddying for some sladky devotchkas to give a good lubbilubbing to...then you're a Bog-damn gloopy nazz.< ... (continue)

    If this book doesn't compel you to go dratsing with your baddiwad droogies, giving some poor bratchny a horrorshow tolchok, then heading to the Korovo Milk Bar for some moloko and vellocet while viddying for some sladky devotchkas to give a good lubbilubbing to...then you're a Bog-damn gloopy nazz.

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    Danelectrico said on Dec 5, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    First book by Burgess.

    I haven't seen Kubrick's film yet, so I decided to read the story of the book first. I must confess that the "new" language was a barrier at the beginning.

    I wanted to abandon the book, but fortunately I managed to finish it. The plot seems the excuse to hide the real ... (continue)

    First book by Burgess.

    I haven't seen Kubrick's film yet, so I decided to read the story of the book first. I must confess that the "new" language was a barrier at the beginning.

    I wanted to abandon the book, but fortunately I managed to finish it. The plot seems the excuse to hide the real thing: "Good" and "Evil" in the human nature.

    Not a bad and postive finding.

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    Giacomo said on Jun 29, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    But, brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. They don´t go into what is the cause of goodness, so why of the other shop? [...] What I do I do because I like to do

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    Harpblues said on Feb 14, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • Too dark for me now, I need something brighter. I'll come back to it later.

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    fran_ces said on May 15, 2012 | Add your feedback

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