Or how the book is parted in 3 parts, which actually feels pretty neat. With the foreword I got to know that there was a time when there wasn’t a 21st chapter because it seemed “too british” for the American publishers. At least I got some insight of how Anthony Burgess detested Stanley Kubrick for trying to turn A Clockwork Orange into Kubrick’s own idea and so on. Forewords are okay if they aren’t spoiling the whole plot. So before I got to read the actual plot, a 10 percent foreword awaited me. If only Alex knew what was in for him with this treatment. After being in prison for 2 years, Alex hears of a new treatment that might turn him good and sees it as the chance to leave prison early. One night the raid goes awry so Alex ends up getting caught by the police, then is sent to prison since the woman he attacked died due to his abuse. They beat up people on the street or go to houses to either get let in by naive owners or break into their houses to beat up people and sexually abuse them. Published in: 5th December 2013 (first published in 1962) PlotĪlex is a 15-year old teenager living in the near future-dystopian England that loves to hang out with his gang at night. Since I only have seen parts of the movie and therefore wanted to read the book first before watching it, here’s my opinion on it. Here’s a review for a book whose movie is probably one of the most known ones: A Clockwork Orange.
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