A Clockwork Orange (novel) 2007. A Clockwork Orange (novel) A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near future English society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a "jeu d'esprit" written in just three weeks. In 2005, "A Clockwork
Murder in a Blue World bal du vaudou" and in the United States as "To Love, Perhaps to Die", with the latter title a closer translation of the Spanish. In the 1980s, Empire Video released the film on British VHS as "Clockwork Terror" in an attempt to sell it almost as a sequel to "A Clockwork Orange" and subsequent UK video and DVD releases were titled "Murder in a Blue World" in reference to the fictional Blue Drink featured in the film. In 1986, the film was released on British VHS by Empire Video as "Clockwork Terror" and again in 2001 by Pagan Films as