has been accused of inspiring violence against nuns. Enderby, forced to defend a movie that he considers a punishment to Hopkins, reiterates the central themes of A Clockwork Orange: the human need to choose freely between good and evil, and the daemonic, joyous nature of man's creative inner self. At this point, he quotes directly from the novel. Burgess faced similar criticism over Kubrick's version of A Clockwork Orange; he, too, for example, found himself being blamed for the rape of a nun because the movie allegedly inspired it. Sources Broyard, Anatole. Books of the Times (review, A Clockwork Testament). The New York Times, 1 February 1975 (Full Text) Burgess, Anthony. "The Ecstasy of Gerard Manley Hopkins". The New York Times, 27 August 1989 (Full Text) References Novels by Anthony Burgess 1974 British novels Novels about writers Novels set in New York City