Selections from A Clockwork Orange (Single Cassette) Audio Cassette – Unabridged, October 1, 1996

The Clockwork Orange is definitely an interesting and strange novel. From the first page on, the reader gets trapped to reading into a new language. The language however hard to interpret truly gets the reader engaged into the writing. I believe that the language helps to get the reader involved and as the story goes on the language gets easier and easier to understand. I am about halfway through the story and as I go on it keeps getting better. I'm finding myself in the mind of Alex (the self-proclaimed narrator of the story). I never want to put down the book because it is so enticing. Although a bit violent and gruesome the story really is exciting to read. The one thing that I absolutely loved about the book is the fact that Anthony Burgess incorporated the title, The Clockwork Orange, into the book. He did this by writing up a scene where Alex and his friends confront an author who is actually writing a book called The Clockwork Orange. I have to admit I am not an avid reader but this book is really grabbing my attention. The Clockwork Orange starts out by introducing Alex and all his droogs. Droogs are what they call friends. The author also goes on to describe the area in which they live in and the atmosphere. One night Alex and his fellow droogs go out and have a night on the town. However your perception and their perception of having fun are completely different. They go out to cause trouble. Stealing, fighting, and raping are just three things that they love to do with other people. Once they feel like the police are leading to them, they give up for the night. The next day Alex stays home from school and finds himself more trouble to get into. That same night, after a few fights break out between his droogs, they all set out to cause more mischief.

This book is great. The slang useage was a wonderful idea, and while the book might seem unrealistic at times, it makes you wonder about society. A must read.

a film to be watched by people who belive in freedom of choich and to see what a person is like with out that freedom to make any choich for himself.

This is the only recording I've found of Anthony Burgess reading from A Clockwork Orange. Unbelieveable.