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Dominic asked this question about A Clockwork Orange:
Is this book hard to understand the writing???
Daniel Weaver It's only tricky for the first chapter. The author uses a fictional registry of words, so it's expected to refer to a glossary to figure it out. Lucki…moreIt's only tricky for the first chapter. The author uses a fictional registry of words, so it's expected to refer to a glossary to figure it out. Luckily, the set of words used is pretty small and they are reused often. After you get the hang of it, it becomes pretty fun to read.

The name of the registry is Nadsat at and you can use the following glossary:
http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appen...(less)
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
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