CLOCKWORK ORANGE

'WHAT WE WERE AFTER WAS LASHINGS OF ULTRAVIOLENCE'. IN THIS NIGHTMARE VISION OF YOUTH IN REVOLT, FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALEX AND HIS FRIENDS SET OUT ON A DIABOLICAL ORGY OF ROBBERY, RAPE, TORTURE AND MURDER. ALEX IS JAILED FOR HIS TEENAGE DELINQUENCY AND THE STATE TRIES TO REFORM HIM - BUT AT WHAT COST? SOCIAL PROPHECY? BLACK COMEDY? STUDY OF FREEWILL? "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE" IS ALL OF THESE. IT IS ALSO A DAZZLING EXPERIMENT IN LANGUAGE, AS BURGESS CREATES A NEW LANGUAGE - 'NADSAT', THE TEENAGE SLANG OF A NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.