A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction) - Anthony Burgess

Posted : 2 months, 1 week ago at Sep 11 16:17

I loved every minute of A Clockwork Orange. For any writer to take on the daunting challenge of creating an entirely new jargon and making it work and be understood within their novel is a Herculean task. Burgess succeeded so effortlessly that this remains the best example of that task. The droog speak is disarming during the first chapter, but by the second or third you’re immersed and understand it very smoothly. I also loved the ambiguities of the novel – how much of his transformation is from within and how much of it is from the brainwashing? Was he that bad by nature or a lack of nurture? A combination of both? Is a world where goodness is forced better than a world where being bad is optional? These questions are never answered, and are left for your imagination. I am still w...Read more