{"product_id":"a-clockwork-orange-9780413735904","title":"A Clockwork Orange","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnthony Burgess's stage play of his infamous cult novel and film of the same name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex and his vicious teenage gang revel in horrific violence, mugging and gang rape. Alex also revels in the music of Beethoven. The Gang communicates in a language which is as complicated as their actions. When a drug-fuelled night of fun ends in murder, Alex is finally busted and banged up. He is given a choice - be brainwashed into good citizenship and set free, or face a lifetime inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Burgess's play with music, based on his own provocative 1962 novella of the same name, was first published in 1987. \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a film classic by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and was dramatizes by the RSC in 1990.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer - during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Enderby, Tremor of Intent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of the Wicked\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923991171346,"sku":"9780413735904","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02290b85-0b64-4386-b2cc-4390a1f17afb.jpg?v=1738967278","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-clockwork-orange-9780413735904","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}