Novels by Anthony Burgess (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 37. Chapters: A Clockwork Orange, Nadsat, List of cultural references to A Clockwork Orange, Alex, Earthly Powers, The Wanting Seed, 1985, The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End, Ludovico technique, Inside Mr. Enderby, The Long Day Wanes, The Enemy in the Blanket, Time for a Tiger, Korova Milk Bar, One Hand Clapping, The Doctor is Sick, Man of Nazareth, The Right to an Answer, The Kingdom of the Wicked, Beard's Roman Women, Vinyl, Enderby Outside, Abba Abba, Beds in the East, Byrne: A Novel, A Dead Man in Deptford, Tremor of Intent: An Eschatological Spy Novel, Napoleon Symphony, Mozart and the Wolf Gang, M/F, The Worm and the Ring, The End of the World News: An Entertainment, Honey for the Bears, Any Old Iron, The Eve of St. Venus, Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life, The Pianoplayers, A Vision of Battlements, Enderby's Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby. Excerpt: A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British darkly satirical science fiction film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. This cinematic adaptation was produced, directed, and written by Stanley Kubrick. It features disturbing, violent images, to facilitate social commentary about psychiatry, youth gangs, and other contemporary social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian, future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the main character is a charismatic, psychopathic delinquent whose pleasures are classical music (especially Beethoven), rape, and so-called 'ultra-violence'. He leads a small gang of thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian ¿¿¿¿, "friend", "buddy"). The film tells the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via a controversial psychological conditioning technique. Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured, contemporary adolescent slang comprising Slavic (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang. A Clockwork Orange features a soundtrack comprising mostly classical music selections and Moog synthesizer compositions by Walter Carlos. The now-iconic poster of A Clockwork Orange, and its images, were created by designer Bill Gold. The film also holds the Guinness World Record for being the first film in media history to use the Dolby Sound system. In London, Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) is the leader of his "droogs", Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), one of several youth gangs. One night, after intoxicating themselves on "milk plus", they engage in an evening of "the old ultra-violence", including beating an elderly vagrant (Paul Farrell) and fighting a rival gang led by Billyboy (Richard Connaught). Stealing a car, they drive to the country home of Mr. Alexander (Patrick Magee), where they beat Mr. Alexander to the point of crippling him for life, and then Alex rapes his wife (Adrienne Corri) all while