Revisiting Anthony Burgess’s novel ‘A Clockwork Orange‘ after nearly 30 years, I found it equally disturbing, if not more so, as when I was 15. The dark vision of a totalitarian government hell-bent on eradicating crime and criminals, even at the cost of suppressing the free will of its citizens, makes for a real horrorshow story. But apart from the profound ethical questions the book raises, it was the language of the novel that appealed to me more this time.
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