[Nevyn]

After recently watching the movie "A Clockwork Orange" for the first time on Sunday night , it wasn't until the next day that I realised it was the dialogue that had captured my interest the most . I was wondering if any here have read the book ? What are your thought's . Also having watched the movie first , will the prose be poetic(?) enough in comparison ?

[dragondrool]

I tried reading the book three or four times, but the strange dialogue put me off. I've never seen the film, but my guess is that the book has what you're looking for.

[AuntiePam]

I read it as a teenager, a long time ago. I'm not sure that I understood it though, and I may have skipped some of the more confusing stuff. :) I do remember liking it.

Go for it; there should be secondhand copies all over the place.

There's another book, Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis. I think it came out at about the same time as Clockwork. Clockwork is Lovers on acid. Similar theme, more readable (lighter), and I think it was made into a movie that might have been called Wild in the Streets, but I'm not positive. It's a post-apocalypse book -- teenagers have taken over. Lotsa fun. :)

There are copies at www.abebooks.com, but I couldn't find any at Amazon. That's a first, Amazon not having something.

[Nevyn]

Thanks for the replies :)
It's the "strange dialogue" that I'm kind of hoping to find , shall get tracking for a copy tomorrow :cool:

[Kamakhya]

I just have to say that A Clockwork Orange is an amazing book. Yes, it is a bit of work at first because much of the slang is unknown. So, one has to go to the glossary at the end to understand it. But, within a few chapters, it gets easier. It is an absolutely brilliant look at violence and culture. This is also one of the few movies that does justice to the book. Both are worth viewing/reading. But, as usual, the book is far more complete. I say read it if you have the patience to learn the vocabulary. It really is worth the effort.

[Oorag]

A Clockwork Orange is a great work. The slang isn't too daunting, as I read a version without a glossary and it only takes a chapter to get at least 90% of it. Once you get the hang of it, though, it's just poetry. Alex has been compared to Richard III as one of the greatest antiheroes of all literature, and I don't think that the comparison is unwarrented.

[hoard]

Having seen the movie, I can't imagine that the book would be an easy one to get through with the peculiar style of dialogue. THe movie's good enough for me.