A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I would not have predicted giving 5 stars to this gruesome tale, but i think it is truly a classic. The broad and deep questions that are posed over the arc of this outrageous story are significant and still relevant today. And it is really amazing that the reader is thrown head first into the Nadsat slang language of about 250 words that are defined only and entirely by context, yet the after a few chapters of reading, the meaning is understood and clear. A Clockwork Orange is a book that can't be reviewed, it must be experienced. This is a great novel, a classic.

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