num_pages: 149
description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BLAKE MORRISON'A work of the highest artistic and moral integrity, as relevant now, and as linguistically alive, as it was when it first appeared' — Blake MorrisonIn 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?--back cover
language: English
title: A Clockwork Orange
titlecomplete: A Clockwork Orange
characters: Dim, Alex Jacobi, Pete, Georgie, Dr Brodsky
genres: Crime, Dystopia, British Literature, Modern Classics, Classics, Horror, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 694915
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: Penguin Books