![]() ![]() The basic idea here is that, in a dystopian future where Russia became a major world power (or rather the USSR), England became a place that adopted some rather strange words into their vocabulary that, upon further inspection, you can see to be coming from Russian origin.Īlex is a very violent and troubled youth who seems to find no problems with rape, drug use, attacking people for sport, and other activities that you would associate with gangs. The main character, Alex, is a youth (I would say not even in his twenties yet) who lives in a version of the United Kingdom (I think it might be London, but correct me if I’m wrong) that has been taken over by some kind of Soviet power. ![]() I must warn you though, it will ruin the song ‘Singing in the Rain’ for you forever, as it did to me. ![]() I’m sure you must have heard of the movie, and if you haven’t you should really get onto watching that movie. But before we delve into the book itself, I’d just like to point out that Anthony Burgess used to live in Malta and that he left because the clergy pissed him off, and if that isn’t one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard I don’t know what is. This book is probably a classic, and one that I think a lot of people should read. ![]()
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