A Clockwork Orange

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Author: Anthony Burgess
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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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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