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  • Cover of A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork OrangeSeries

    series · 4 books · 1962

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    About surveillance, set in big city and british isles.

    “After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”

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    Anthony Burgess · standalone novel · 1962

    Satire, about gender and society.

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    Richard Cowper · standalone novel · 1972

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    P. D. James · standalone novel · 1992

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