A clockwork orange
Title:
A clockwork orange
Author:
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Biswell, Andrew.
Amis, Martin.
ISBN:
9780141197531
Edition:
Restored edition.
Publication Information:
London : Penguin books, 2013.
Physical Description:
xxxi, 306 p. ; 18 cm
Abstract:
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.
Genre:
Subject:
| Teenage boys -- Fiction. |
| Criminals -- Fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
Summary:
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.