Description |
xv, 213 pages ; 21 cm |
Series |
Norton paperback fiction.
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Note |
This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first Amercian edition and an introduction by the author. |
Summary |
Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior. |
Subject |
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
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Criminals -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Science fiction.
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ISBN |
9780393312836 (pbk.) |
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0393312836 (pbk.) |
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