A Clockwork Orange

Burgess, Anthony

ISBN 10: 0808581945 / ISBN 13: 9780808581949

Published by Turtleback Books, 1995

About this Item

Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.65. Seller Inventory # 1547233377

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Clockwork Orange

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis:

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Presents Burgess' satire of the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture where teenagers rule with violence, and includes the final chapter deleted from the first American edition.

About the Author:

Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He studied English at Manchester University and joined the army in 1940 where he spent six years in the Education Corps. After demobilization, he worked first as a college lecturer in Speech and Drama and then as a grammar-school master before becoming an education officer in the Colonial Service, stationed in Malay and Borneo. In 1959 Burgess was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and decided to become a full-time writer. Despite being given less than a year to live, Burgess went on to write at least a book a year - including A Clockwork Orange (1962), M/F (1971), Man of Nazareth (1979), Earthly Powers (1980) and The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985) - and hundreds of book reviews right up until his death. He was also a prolific composer and produced many full-scale works for orchestra and other media during his lifetime. Anthony Burgess died in 1993.