A Clockwork Orange is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.
'What's it going to be then eh?'
In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery rape torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?
Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat' the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.