# 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
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-832-8
- Published: 2011-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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?