mOre comMonpLace sobRiquEt to suGgest the CharaCter of my drAmaTis PersOna..... Saturday, January 2, 2010 ClocwoRk OranGe A Clockwork Orange ( 1962 ) is a dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess . The title is taken from an old Cockney expression, "as queer as a clockwork orange" ¹ , and alludes to