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A Clockwork Orange
Author: | Anthony Burgess |
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W. W. Norton, 1962 |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Dystopia Near-Future Soft SF |
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"The entire 21st chapter, in which the main character (Alex) realizes that he was wrong to be so violent and vows to changes his ways, was removed from the American edition. (The publisher actually felt the original ending would be to cheerful and untrue to the rest of the story)." (Source: "Books Originally Censored (And One That Went the Other Way)," www.theatlanticwire.com)
In 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?
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