Namuhla kwi "Bookshelf" inoveli ethi "A Clockwork Orange" ka-Anthony Burgess, ekhishwe ngo-1962 futhi yaguqulwa ngo-1971 nguStanley Kubrick. Ngokwecebo lomsebenzi, iLondon “yathunjwa” amaqembu entsha, ubudlova baphenduka umdlalo kuwo. Umlingisi oyinhloko wale noveli, u-Alex, naye uneqembu lezigelekeqe elinabantu abasha abanjengaye. Bakhuluma ulimi lwabo, abalubiza ngokuthi "Nadsat". Ngazisungulela le ngxoxoU-Anthony Burgess, ebhala amagama athile esiRashiya ngesiLatini (ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwesakhiwo, umbhali wayeseLeningrad, lokhu kwabonakala nasemagameni ezinye izindawo kule noveli - iVictory Park, isitolo saseMelody, njll., Kanye "I-nadsat" ayilutho ngaphandle kwesiqalo sedesimali "- nadtsat". U-Alex neqembu lakhe lezigelekeqe, begqoke imvunulo ewubukhazikhazi, bazungeza eLondon njalo ebusuku, balwa namanye amaqembu ezigebengu, bahlasela abadlula ngendlela, baphange izitolo futhi babulale nokubulala. Ngokubulala, u-Alex uya ejele, lapho evuma khona ukwelashwa kokuhlola ukuze akhululwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ukwelashwa kuqukethe ukugezwa kwengqondo, ngenxa yalokho ngisho nomcabango wobudlova obangela ubuhlungu obubi, obuholela ekutheni azame ukuzibulala. Incwadi ikhuthaze iqembu lomculo elingaphezu kwelilodwa ukudala izingoma, nama-albhamu athile azinikele kuyo, isibonelo, iSepultura kanye neqembu laseRussia iB-2.