`Clockwork Orange 'tells of the adventures of a young criminal and sadist Alex, in the soul of which the craving for violence and the craving for beauty strangely get on. The novel `The thrill of intention`, referring to the times of the` cold war`, has a clear political coloring and is a parody of the espionage passions of James Bond. A significant part of the novel's action takes place on the territory of the Soviet Union, in the Crimea.