![]() ![]() The teenage language, “Nadsat,” consists largely of English mixed with Russian and quasi-Russian words, and the current music star is a “Russky” singer named Jonny Zhivago. Society is limp and listless, a socialist world in which no one reads anymore, despite streets named Amis Avenue and Priestley Place. It offers a horrifying view of a future England in which gangs of hoodlums, or “droogs,” roam the streets freely, robbing, fighting, raping, and consuming illegal drugs and alcohol. Original publisher: William Heinemann Ltd.Ī Clockwork Orange is a futuristic warning against both mindless violence and the mechanical reconditioning that is often proposed as society’s solution to its ills. ![]() Original date and place of publication: 1962, United Kingdom. Author: Anthony Burgess (John Anthony Burgess Wilson) ![]()
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