A Clockwork Orange

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer - during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumour in 1959! Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: THE COMPLETE ENDERBY! TREMOR OF INTENT and THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED. Klappentext Fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery! rape! torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost? Zusammenfassung In Burgess's infamous nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt! 15-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery! rape! torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the state tries to reform him - but at what cost?

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Burgess
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.1998
• EAN: 9780140274097
• ISBN: 978-0-14-027409-7
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 180 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Essential Penguin; Penguin Essentials; Penguin Essentials
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature