ANTHONY BURGESS

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 1962, Penguin Books

Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's 9th. He and his gang rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the State and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, the government psychologist, he finds that fun is no longer the order of the day...

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