A true classic and an excellent audiobook, which should, like for me, help you understand once and for all what it means to be a clockwork orange and how, only through our own volition, we can escape it. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. It speaks volume for his skills that not once did i picture his well known and angelic face. A clockwork orange by anthony burgess book analysis. A clockwork orange low price cd by anthony burgess, tom. In a nightmare world of the near future, packs of teenagers run wild, beyond the control of their families or the police. Blake morrison reads from a clockwork orange youtube.
In anthony burgesss nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and. Tom hollander s thoroughly professional reading of the story brings out the richness of the language and the setting. Shocking, radical, and undeniably thoughtprovoking, a clockwork orange remains the most enduring novel by anthony burgessa fellow of britains royal society of literature. Citation formats are based on standards as of july 2010. A clockwork orange anthony burgess digital audiobook. A clockwork orange by anthony burgess audiobooks on.
Tom hollander is an awesome reader and though the cockney and invented slang may lose you at the beginning, youll be fluent by the end of the. Written by anthony burgess, audiobook narrated by benno furmann. A clockwork orange unabridged, anthony burgess, tom hollander, audio cd. A clockwork orange audiobook, written by anthony burgess. Showing results by narrator tom hollander in all categories.
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In anthony burgesss nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends social pathology. He began his career in theatre, winning the ian charleson award in 1992 for his performance as witwoud in the way of the world at the lyric hammersmith theatre. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Anthony burgess, tom hollander, random house audiobooks. Written by anthony burgess, narrated by tom hollander.
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