“I was cured all right.”
If you remember the “prestoopnick” who repeated those words incessantly to his “droogs” in a “khorosho” of a novel followed by an even greater horrorshow of a movie, then you’ll be pleased to hear that an unpublished sequel of sorts to “A Clockwork Orange” has been found in the archives of its author, Anthony Burgess, and it may help explain the novel’s dystopian world and the aftermath created by the book and its graphically violent and controversial movie.
“This remarkable unpublished sequel to A Clockwork Orange sheds new light on Burgess, Kubrick and the controversy surrounding the notorious novel. The Clockwork Condition provides a context for Burgess’s most famous work, and amplifies his views on crime, punishment and the possible corrupting effects of visual culture.”
Professor Andrew Biswell, director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, says the 200-page unfinished manuscript titled The Clockwork Condition was uncovered as the foundation was cataloging the papers of Burgess [Read More]
Lost Sequel to “A Clockwork Orange” Found in Author’s Archives