In Anthony Burgesss influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive,A Clockwork Orangeis a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgesss introduction, A Clockwork Orange Resucked.