Anthony Burgess
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Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was a novelist, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. He is best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange (1962), but altogether he wrote thirty-three novels, twenty-five works of non-fiction, two volumes of autobiography, three symphonies, more than 250 other musical works, and thousands of essays, articles and reviews. Burgess was born in Manchester, England and grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side. He was educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He lived in Malaya, Malta, Monaco, Italy and the United States, among other places. His books are still widely read all over the world.
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A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, first published in 1962. Set in a near-future society characterized by a youth subculture of extreme violence, the narrative centers around Alex, a 15-year-old gang leader depicted as a sociopath and juvenile delinquent who engages in "ultra-violence" with his droogs.

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