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I have to pass on a rating of this for now. Though the book was well written, the content - from the violence, robbery and rape done by the juvenile criminals, to the brainwashing done by the state in retribution, this was a very uncomfortable read. I found the Introduction to be one a very interesting part of the book. In it, Burgess explains that he doesn't care for the book, especially the American version which Stanley Kubrick turned into a famous film. That was an incomplete an incomplete v
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Dec 22, 2011
Karen Mcilhargey
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Jun 25, 2016
Jess
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Jan 04, 2018
Regina
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Apr 17, 2022
Amanda
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