Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess original text of A Clockwork Orange, with a glossary of the teen slang Nadsat, explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviewsEdited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin AmisIt is a horrorshow story ...Fifteenyearold Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his reeducation mean?A dystopian horror, a black comedy, an exploration of choice, A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which created a new language for its characters. This critical edition restores the text of the novel as Anthony Burgess originally wrote it, and includes a glossary of the teen slang Nadsat, explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews, shedding light on the enduring fascination of the novels sweet and juicy criminality.Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster and colonial education officer in Malaya and Brunei. After the success of his Malayan Trilogy, he became a fulltime writer in 1959. His books have been published all over the world, and they include The Complete Enderby, Nothing Like the Sun, Napoleon Symphony, Tremor of Intent, Earthly Powers and A Dead Man in...

Binding: Paperback;306 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 344 g; Dimensions: 181 x 118 x 20

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