Presents Burgess' satire of the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture where teenagers rule with violence, and includes the final chapter deleted from the first American edition. "A brilliant novel... a savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds." ― New York Times "Looks like a nasty little shocker, but is really that rare thing in English letters: a philosophical novel." ― Time "I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language as Mr. Burgess has done here ― the fact that this is also a very funny book may pass unnoticed." ― William S. Burroughs "A terrifying and marvelous book." ― Roald Dahl Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed , Nothing Like the Sun , and Re Joyce . A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List. Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, paperback