A Clockwork Orange

Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis n nFifteen-year-old 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 re-education mean? n nA 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.