A Future Not Far

A Future Not Far is a novel (not yet published) by Joseph Grist. The book was partially inspired by anti-social behaviour in England, and Juvenile delinquency, but was mainly inspired by A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and also, Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell. Much like Anthony Burgess, Joseph Grist used his own slang.
Plot Summary
In the not too distant future, a young boy named Simon is sent to a workhouse orphanage after being kicked out of his house by his mother. The story takes place in a fictional English town known as Karbourne, which is a dirty and polluted town where large amounts of anti-social gangs live. After a few days of hard work in the workhouse orphanage, Simon escapes but is injured on the way out. He is helped by one of the anti-social gangs. He later becomes one of the gang members himself, and goes around town causing trouble. However, after Simon refuses to beat up a man, one of the gang members (Big Boy) is arrested by an organisation known as P.A.N.I.C. Virgil (the other gang member), later tricks Simon and throws him into a lake to drown. He is then helped by a girl he met a few days earlier and decides to stay with her.
Luchsheish
Luchsheish is the slang spoke by people from Karbourne, which was inspired by Nadsat which as created by Anthony Burgess. All the words are made up of Russian, French, and English words.

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