Critics worldwide have wrangled with 'A Clockwork Orange.' At its rotten core lurks Alex, a gleeful devotee of 'ultra-violence' dispatched without a flicker of remorse. Textbook sociopath. The parallels to our planetary rampage are chilling.
I finally devoured Love Story, that 'enduring classic.' But I can't ignore how men's success in romance novels is built atop women's unspoken sacrifices.