A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
read: 2015
Time 100 Novels, Modern Library #65, Guardian 1000 Novels

I've wanted to read A Clockwork Orange since college, or maybe even since high school, and in hindsight I probably should have read it earlier. The autonomy theme is similar to Brave New World, which was a favorite of mind, but as I get older the idea that we can create Pavlovian associations that make criminals not want to get commit crime sounds pretty good, and frankly more humane than prison.

I thought the slang would be annoying, but I caught on pretty quickly and it really added to the feel of the story. To the extent I don't understand Alex, I think that's part of the point.