A fable about good and evil that presents a nightmare vision of the future. Alex is a vicious fifteen-year-old droog, a criminal who talks in a brutal invented slang. When the state undertakes to reform Alex, the novel asks, "at what cost?".
year: 1962, 1986, 1995, 1987, 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: teenage boys, fiction, rehabilitation, criminals, teenagers, science fiction, english, science fiction, fiction, violence, dystopia, science fiction
Editions
Burgess, Anthony
Buccaneer Books (1962)
A violent teen named Alex is "rehabilitated" by the government in this satirical view of the future of the industrialized world; also includes a glossary of the novel's Russian-based "nadsat" language.
Schools: 1
Burgess, Anthony
W.W. Norton (1986)
In the Slav-oriented state of the future, the Lower Orders are in ascendence and happy hooligans roam the London streets, bashing senior citizens in the eyes with bicycle chains.
Schools: 21
Burgess, Anthony
Norton (1995)
A fable about good and evil that presents a nightmare vision of the future. Alex is a vicious fifteen-year-old droog, a criminal who talks in a brutal invented slang. When the state undertakes to reform Alex, the novel asks, "at what cost?".
Schools: 0
Burgess, Anthony
HarperAudio.
Schools: 1
Burgess, Anthony
Norton (1987)
Schools: 3
Burgess, Anthony
In the Slav-oriented state of the future, the Lower Orders are in ascendence and happy hooligans roam the London streets, bashing senior citizens in the eyes with bicycle chains.
Schools: 6
Burgess, Anthony
A tale of good and evil, set in a dystopian future and featuring the hedonist, Alex, and his friends who rule the night, while the authorities feign indifference in pursuit of maintaining social order.
Schools: 0
Burgess, Anthony
W.W. Norton & Co. (2019)
A violent teen named Alex is "rehabilitated" by the government in this satirical view of the future of the industrialized world.
Schools: 2