Rupert Grint wants kids to read rape-and-violence fuelled book
October 3rd, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANILondon, Oct 3 (ANI): Rupert Grint has risked upsetting parents of young Harry Potter fans, as he’s urging kids to read rape-and-violence fuelled 1962 book.
The actor has joined American Library Association’s Read campaign, which encourages children and teenagers to indulge in classic literature.
However, Grint has made a macabre choice for his recommended reading - Anthony Burgess’ controversial novel ‘A Clockwork Orange’, reports the Daily Express.
His former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have also signed up for the same campaign.Campaign posters show the three actors holding up their favourite novel, and Grint’s co-stars have made a more sombre choice - Radcliffe loves Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘The Master’ and Margarita while Watson recommends Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ (ANI)
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