Tristram Foxe and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, struggle to make their way in an over-populated world in which the government is taking extraordinary measures to make sure everyone has enough to eat.
A tale of good and evil, set in a dystopian future and featuring the hedonist, Alex, and his friends who rule the night, while the authorities feign indifference in pursuit of maintaining social order.
authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts criticism
Burgess, Anthony
2011
This first British edition includes a final chapter as well as explanatory annotations and textual notes. Included also is a glossary with origins of terms that inspired Alex's vocabulary, and which enlightens the reader as to the process Burgess used to develop the novel's distinctive style. Backgrounds and contexts enriches the reader's understanding of the historical roots and criticism is divided into two sections, one addressing the novel and the other Stanley Kubrick's film version, which created a scandal and new audiences for the book after its 1972 release.
