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# Anthony Burgess chickened out on what
in the 2nd Edition?
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:18, archived)
# there was
a giant chicken that took over leeds.

that was the first edition tho.
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:21, archived)
# He added
in the final chapter where one of Alex meets one of his droogs in the pub and finds out he's happily married.
Alex then later loses his taste for violence when he's out with his new gang. Lives happily ever after, the end.
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:26, archived)
# I didn't know that.
I always took the epilogue as an attempt by Burgess to suggest that crime is 'just a phase' and given the chance criminals will 'grow out of it' without the need for drastic re-programming in jail. Might have to dig out my copy and give it a re-read again me-thinks.
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:43, archived)