Books by anthony burgess

"A Clockwork Orange" is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made, beautifully ... More

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One of Burgess's most acclaimed novels, Nothing Like the Sun has been out of print for over 10 years. An audacious and pacey romp through the life of ... More

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This is a brilliantly funny spy novel from the author of "A Clockwork Orange", Anthony Burgess. Denis Hillier is an aging British agent on his last ... More

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'Crowded, crammed, bursting with manic erudition, garlicky puns, omnilingual jokes...which meshes the real and personalised history of the twentieth ...

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Who, I ask you, wants to drag his bones out of the earth, reclothed in flesh which, in some foul magic of reversal, is regurgitated by the worms, in ... More

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Set in the near future, The Wanting Seedis a Malthusian comedy about the strange world overpopulation will produce.

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Ingenious, chilling and darkly comic, "1985" is a terrifying vision of the future by the 'great postmodern storehouse of British writing', Anthony ... More

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The first volume of this projected two-volume autobiography by Anthony Burgess tells of a disaffected Manchester Catholic from his birth in 1917. It ... More

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"There are so few genuinely entertaining novels around that we ought to cheer whenever one turns up. Continuous, fizzing energy. . . .Honey for the ... More

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The author's well-known delight in language infuses his own writing about Shakespeare as well as his consideration for Shakespeare's works in this ... More

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Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide to the writings of James Joyce.

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It is a comedy of game shows and greed, high stakes and the high life from the acclaimed and bestselling writer Anthony Burgess. Janet Shirley was ... More

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(Applause Books). Anthony Burgess was the author of over 50 books, including his best known novel, "A Clockwork Orange." But Burgess always ... More

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1991 is the year of the bicentenary of Mozart's death. This book looks at the life and times of the composer whose work has been analysed by experts ... More

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Enderby - poet, social critic, comrade and Catholic - is endlessly hounded by women. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best ... More

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This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the ... More

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Dr. Edwin Spindrift has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than to people, his sense of reality is further altered by his ... More

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On the bicentennial of Mozart's death, a magnificent tribute by serious musician, published composer, and author of A Clockwork Orange. With ... More

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