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In this 1962 classic, a novelistic exploration of modern crime and punishment, Alex is the 15-year-old leader of his gang of "droogs" thriving in the ultraviolent future, as prophetically imagined by Burgess. Speaking a bizarre Russian-derived slang, Alex and his friends freely pillage and slash their way across a nightmarish urban landscape until Alex is captured by the judicial arm of the state. He then becomes their prized guinea pig in a scientific program to completely "redeem" him for society.

If we had the power of absolute criminal reform, what, the novel asks, would this mean for our ideals of freedom and society? This edition reinstates the final chapter missing from Kubrick's film, in which Alex is on the verge of starting a family as he reflects on - and completely rejects - his adolescent nastiness. It also includes Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked".

©1962 The Estate of Anthony Burgess (P)2010 Random House Audiobooks Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Crime
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I usually take my time with books, but this one was so interesting I was hooked.
Amazing reading by Tom Hollander. Real horrorshow!

Amazing book, with an amazing narrator

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Though initially this book needs quite a level of concentration due to the language spoken. Once you have mastered that, it was brilliant. A well written book, with strong storyline and moral to the story to boot. A must read.

Great book

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A superbly written, timeless classic. Well performed also, as a huge fan of the film I would highly recommend, o’ my brothers.

The most horrorshow book I ever did slooshie

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Awesome narrator.

Enjoyed the way it's written. Very unique.

Plot was ok. Expected a bit more.

Probably painful if you don't speak Russian :)

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They should've had Malcolm McDowell himself narrate this. On to my audible experience now. Bye

Almost better than the movie

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