A Clockwork Orange. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1962 book
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A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess, 1962
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Stanley Kubrick, 1971

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that’ll rob him of all personal agency.


A Respectable Trade. Poster of the 1998 TV series and cover of the 1994 book
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A Respectable Trade
Philippa Gregory, 1994
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Suri Krishnamma, 1998

Bristol in 1787. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife. Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves.


Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Nineteen Eighty Three
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Nineteen Eighty Three
David Peace, 2002
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Anand Tucker, 2009

A girl goes missing. Commissioner Jobson discovers alarming similarities with the case of Clare Kemplay in 1974. Remorse haunts him as he and his colleagues contributed to imprisoning the wrong man, the young Michael Myshkin. Lawyer John Piggott attempts to prove Myshkin’s innocence, confronting a corrupt system.


Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Nineteen Eighty
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Nineteen Eighty
David Peace, 2001
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James Marsh, 2009

The Ripper has tyrannized Yorkshire for six long years. Inspector Peter Hunter is brought from Manchester by the Ministry of Interior to conduct a review of the investigation thus far. Hunter is determined not to leave without results, even if he cannot trust anyone.


Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1999 book, Nineteen Seventy Four
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Nineteen Seventy Four
David Peace, 1999
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Julian Jarrold, 2009

Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 1974. A young and inexperienced journalist, Eddie Dunford, tries to follow the news through the increasingly complex maze of lies and deception that dominates the police investigation into a series of girls’ kidnappings. He will soon discover that the truth in Yorkshire is an irreversible path. And the price to be paid is very high.


Firefox. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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Firefox
Craig Thomas, 1977
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Clint Eastwood, 1982

A joint British-American plot is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name Firefox) which is capable of Mach 6 (hypersonic flight), is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. It is only through the dissidents that Gant remains one step ahead of the KGB and reaches the air base at Bilyarsk, where the Firefox prototype is under heavy guard.