A Clockwork Orange

<p>Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess' original text of <i>A Clockwork Orange</i>, with a glossary of the teen slang 'Nadsat', explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews<br><br>Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis<br><br><b>'It is a horrorshow story ...'</b><br><br>Fifteen-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?<br><br>A dystopian horror, a black comedy, an exploration of choice, <i>A Clockwork Orange</i> 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 novel's 'sweet and juicy criminality'.<br><br>Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster and colonial education officer in Malaya and Brunei. After the success of his <i>Malayan Trilogy</i>, he became a full-time writer in 1959. His books have been published all over the world, and they include <i>The Complete Enderby</i>, <i>Nothing Like the Sun</i>, <i>Napoleon Symphony</i>, <i>Tremor of Intent</i>, <i>Earthly Powers </i>and <i>A Dead Man in Deptford</i>. Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993.<br><br>Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. His publications include a biography, <i>The Real Life of Anthony Burgess</i>, which won the Portico Prize in 2006. He is currently editing the letters and short stories of Anthony Burgess.</p>