A Clockwork Orange

Now that classes are over, I finally get to read books which aren't on a reading list.  I finished the cult classic by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, the other day. The narrator and many of the characters use a different kind of language peppered with strange words, which takes some getting used to.  Once I stopped trying to inwardly translate each unfamiliar word I came across, reading became much more enjoyable; their language took on a rhythm of its own, and the words, though all directly translatable to some extent, took on meaning beyond their English counterparts.