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A Clockwork Orange
By Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange is set in a not-too-distant future. Alex, a teenage punk, terrorizes London with his droogs in a series of savage, ritualistic crimes. One day, captured by the authorities, Alex is subjected to the Ludovico Technique — a form of behavioral conditioning designed to cure him of his violent impulses. But does making someone incapable of choosing evil actually make them good? Anthony Burgess's darkly satirical novella is one of the most influential books of the 20th century, a med…
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A Clockwork Orange is set in a not-too-distant future. Alex, a teenage punk, terrorizes London with his droogs in a series of savage, ritualistic crimes. One day, captured by the authorities, Alex is subjected to the Ludovico Technique — a form of behavioral conditioning designed to cure him of his violent impulses. But does making someone incapable of choosing evil actually make them good? Anthony Burgess's darkly satirical novella is one of the most influential books of the 20th century, a meditation on free will, individual identity, and the nature of evil.
