A Clockwork Orange

I've been meaning to read a book by Anthony Burgess for some time.  He was one of the few who gave a good review to The Bell Jar at its time.  I read that he didn't like the movie of A Clockwork Orange because it glorified violence.  That made me interested as well. I'm not sure that I like this book.  Alex is very unlikable and especially are his acts. Nevertheless, it intrigued me.  It was very well written.  I already started on another Burgess novel The Wanting Seed,   The book can be frustrating to read since the author makes up some of the language.  Alex and his gang go out and commit acts of violence at night. He gets caught and has to serve time at an overcrowded prison. At the prison, there's an experimental treatment where the criminal becomes ill after watching acts of violence.  This, of course, changes Alex's lifestyle.  There's a controversial chapter that wasn't in the original American version where Alex basically grows up.  Few readers actually like this chapter.  The Kubrick movie didn't follow it.