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A Clockwork Orange

Written by: Anthony Burgess
Narrated by: Tom Hollander
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A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?"

This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."

 Classics Fiction Literature & Fiction World Literature Scary

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Regardless of Burgess’ attempts to disown it, or cast it as misunderstood, this book is extremely impressive and ingenious (if incredibly disturbing in parts). The narrator’s performance is absolutely incredible. Bravo!

Brilliant

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Anthony Burgess was ahead of his time, so original and intriguing. Dystopia done in perfection!

Slays so hard

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A clockwork orange is my favourite movie and now favourite book. I loved the story so much and will probably listen to it three hundred thousand more times. I recommend this book to anyone who liked the movie and to anyone who doesn’t mind violence, sex and drug references. It is an amazing book! Please read it!

One of my favourite books

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I don't know what I expected when I started to listen to this book, but I was really impressed with how insane this story is. The narrator nails the voices in my opinion. Did a story of its day, it was ahead of its time, and for many of us today it still may be.

Listen to this because you want to listen to a story that is beyond the normal boundaries of conversation in your personal life. Allow this story to let you experience a way of life that you thought never existed though it likely did. Many other non fiction titles make me believe that this likely has roots in reality, though it may be a hard pill to swallow.

This book is wild.

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What a classic! Narration was absolutely awesome. And a bonus bit of Anthony Burgess himself!

Brilliant

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