"The Clockwork Orange" - a literary paradox of the twentieth century . Continuing the futuristic traditions in literature, experimenting with the language spoken by the frontier generation of malltshipalltshikov and kisok "surprised", Anthony Burgess creates a novel recognized as a classic of modern literature. Smart, cruel, charismatic anti-hero Alex, leader of a street gang, preaching violence as a high art of life, as a kind of pleasure, falls into the iron grip of the latest state program for the re-education of criminals and himself becomes a victim of violence. Is it possible to save the world from evil, depriving a person of the will to do things and turning him into a “plant orange”? This question is as relevant today as it was yesterday, and this author asks the reader.