Anthony Burgess&s 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&s 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&s 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



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Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess' original text of A Clockwork Orange with a glossary of the teen slang ' Nadsat' explanatory notes pages from the original typescript interviews articles & reviews Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis' It is a horrorshow story ' Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence He & his gang of friends rob kill & rape their way through a nightmarish future until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses But what will his re-education mean?A dystopian horror a black comedy an exploration of choice A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which created a new language for its characters This critical edition restores the text of the novel as Anthony Burgess originally wrote it &

Includes:: a glossary of the teen slang ' Nadsat' explanatory notes pages from the original typescript interviews articles & reviews shedding light on the enduring fascination of the novel's 'sweet & juicy criminality' Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 & educated at Xaverian College & Manchester University He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster & colonial education officer in Malaya & Brunei After the success of his Malayan Trilogy he became a full-time writer in 1959 His books have been published all over the world & they include The Complete Enderby Nothing Like the Sun Napoleon Symphony Tremor of Intent Earthly Powers & A Dead Man in Deptford Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993 Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University & the Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation His publications include a biography The Real Life of Anthony Burgess which won the Portico Prize in 2006 He is currently editing the letters & short stories of Anthony Burgess

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