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A Clockwork Orange
By:i just saved you(bgarrett)


Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange in 1962 (which then you had to be 17 or older to purchase) and left out the last chapter. The 1982 20th anniversary re printed edition that I read contains this last chapter and makes the book somewhat different from the movie/original version. There is no doubt in my mind that Anthony
Burgess was a very creative man not only with writing about the year 2010 in the year 1962 but writing several plays and even composing a few symphonies. He was very wrong about what was to come in the future but yet if he wasn't then this book wouldn't be anything special.

The main character, Alex, and his three friends thought they were indestructible.
Every night was the same, go around pick fights, drink, and steal. One night
Alex's friends sold him out and jumped him, leaving him to get caught by the police.
after 2 years of being in jail Alex choose to......

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Approximate Word Count: 510
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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