# A Clockwork Orange

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- Book: [A Clockwork Orange](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-burgess/a-clockwork-orange) ([A Clockwork Orange.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-burgess/a-clockwork-orange.md))
- Authors: [Anthony Burgess](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-burgess)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-260-5
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2000-02-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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?