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A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess · 1962

Dystopian · ranked #9 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

Ultra-violence, free will and a teenage narrator with his own invented slang; provocative and stylistically dazzling.

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The verdict

Category
Dystopian
First published
1962 · 1960s
Author
Anthony Burgess
Standing
Recommended

About Dystopian

Dystopian fiction imagines what happens when power goes wrong — when the state, ideology or technology crushes individual freedom. These novels are warnings, and they tend to feel more urgent with every passing year.

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