num_pages: 149
description: alternate cover for ISBN 0140032193Fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends start an evening's mayhem by hitting an old man, tearing up his books and stripping him of money and clothes.Or rather Alex and his three droogs tolchock an old veck, razrez his books, pull off his outer platties and take a malenky bit of cutter.For Alex's confessions are written in 'nadsat' - the teenage argot of a not-too-distant future.Because of his delinquent excesses, Alex is jailed and made subject to 'Ludovico's Technique,' a chilling experiment in Reclamation Treatment...Horror farce? Social prophecy? Penetrating study of human choice between good and evil? A Clockwork Orange is all three, dazzling proof of Anthony Burgess's vast talents.Cover design: David Pelham
language: English
title: A Clockwork Orange
titlecomplete: A Clockwork Orange
characters: Pete, Alex Jacobi, Dr Brodsky, Georgie, Dim
genres: Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Crime, Literature, Horror, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 694669
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: Penguin Books