Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

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Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) wrote

A Clockwork Orange

shortly after his “terminal” year when he produced a spate of novels in the belief that he would die shortly from a brain tumour. The year passed, and he lived.

A Clockwork Orange

was published in London by William Heinemann in May 1962, following

One Hand Clapping

(1961) and preceding

The Wanting Seed

(1962), a similarly grim dystopian novel. Soon after its British release,

A Clockwork Orange

was published in a truncated version by W. W. Norton in the USA. It has been reprinted dozens of times, thanks in large part to the controversial film which was released in 1971. In 2010 Penguin reprinted it as part of its Modern Classics series and Random House UK released it as an Audio Book CD. In spite of, or perhaps because of, its…

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Citation: Nichol, Donald W.. "A Clockwork Orange". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 July 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7225, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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