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Young thugs and gangs run amok leaving a wake of violence. The use of nadsat can be relatively confusing for the reader, however, you slowly begin to understand the terminology while progressing through the novel. A clockwork orange by anthony burgess reissued in penguin twentiethcentury classics 1996 with an introduction by blake morrison. Penguin orange collection series found in literary fiction. Restored edition penguin modern classics kindle edition by burgess, anthony, biswell, andrew. High quality penguin classics gifts and merchandise.
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