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Unseen Clockwork Orange 'follow-up' by Anthony Burgess unearthed


https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48036694

A Clockwork Condition, which runs to 200 pages, is a collection of Burgess' thoughts on the human condition and develops the themes from his 1962 book.

The novel told the story of the state's attempt to cure a teenage delinquent.

The unfinished non-fiction follow-up is described as "part philosophical reflection and part autobiography".
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It also explains the origins of his novel's unusual title.

"In 1945, back from the army," an extract reads, "I heard an 80-year-old Cockney in a London pub say that somebody was 'as queer as a clockwork orange'.

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hmmt-hmmt-hmmt-hmmt-hmmt. You said cock knee.

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