A clockwork orange
By: Anthony Burgess ; with an afterword and glossary by Stanley Edgar Hyman
Series: The Norton library
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780393002249
Copyright date: 1962
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Science fiction; Rehabilitation; Fiction; Protected DAISY; Accessible book
Description: Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior.