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Anthony Burgess

(John Anthony Burgess Wilson)
UK  (1917 - 1993)
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About Anthony Burgess
The writer and critic Anthony Burgess was born John Anthony Burgess Wilson in Manchester. He studied at Xaverian College and Manchester University, lectured at Birmingham University, worked for the Ministry of Education, and taught at Banbury Grammar School. He then became an education officer in Malaya and Brunei where his experiences inspired his MALAYAN TRILOGY (1965). His many novels include A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 1985, and ANY OLD IRON. In his later years he lived in Monaco. He died in 1993
 
Non fiction
The Novel TodayLanguage Made PlainHere Comes EverybodyUrgent Copy
Coaching Days of EnglandAge of the Grand TourThe Novel Now: And Guide to Contemporary FictionShakespeare
Joysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James JoyceNew YorkErnest Hemingway and his WorldOn Going to Bed
This Man and MusicThe Heritage of British Literature99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939Flame Into Being: The Life and Work of D. H. Lawrence
Homage to QWERT YUIOPLittle Wilson and Big GodYou've Had Your Time: Second Part of the ConfessionsOn Mozart: A Paean for Wolfgang
The Book of TeaA Mouthful of Air
 
Anthologies containing stories by Anthony Burgess
Lie Ten Nights AwakeBest SF: 1969The Road to Science Fiction 5: The British Way
 
Short stories
An American Organ
A Pair of Gloves
The Muse (1968)


Awards
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1980) : Earthly Powers


Books about Anthony Burgess
Clockwork Universe of Anthony BurgessAnthony BurgessAnthony Burgess RevisitedAnthony Burgess
 
Links to other websites
anthonyburgess.org


Anthony Burgess recommends
The Doves of Venus
The Doves of Venus (1960)
Olivia Manning
"The most considerable of our women novelists."
Dead Fingers Talk
Dead Fingers Talk (1963)
William S Burroughs
"It demands to be read... Greatest living writer... the first original since Joyce."
A Slanting Light
A Slanting Light (1963)
Gerda Charles
"Near-flawless."
The Village
The Village (1966)
Thomas Hinde
"A superb novelist - one of the most powerful and brilliant amongst contemporary British writers."
The Dice Man
The Dice Man (1971)
(Dice Man, book 1)
Luke Rhinehart
"Touching, ingenious and beautifully comic."
The Blood Oranges
The Blood Oranges (1971)
John Hawkes
"Rich, evocative, highly original piece of fiction. It gilds contemporary American literature with real, not synthetic, gold."
Crash
Crash (1973)
J G Ballard
"A work of very powerful originality."
Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs?
Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs? (1973)
B S Johnson
"...the only living British author with the guts to reassess the novel form, extend its scope and still work in a recognisable fictional tradition."
In the Ocean of Night
In the Ocean of Night (1977)
(Galactic Center, book 1)
Gregory Benford
"Science fiction at its very best."
The Stone Arrow
The Stone Arrow (1978)
(Pagans Trilogy, book 1)
Richard Herley
"A remarkable achievement."
And Again?
And Again? (1979)
Seán O'Faoláin
"A novel of great originality. It reaffirms that life is worth living."
The Unlimited Dream Company
The Unlimited Dream Company (1979)
J G Ballard
"The idea is blindingly original and yet as basic as a dream of the whole human race. Moving, thrilling, exquisitely written."
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
John Kennedy Toole
"A fine funny novel. This is the kind of book one wants to keep quoting from."
Timescape
Timescape (1980)
Gregory Benford
"Science fiction at its very best."
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. (1981)
George Steiner
"An astonishing book."
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun (1984)
(Empire of the Sun, book 1)
J G Ballard
"Searing...a brilliant fusion of history, autobiography and the kind of imaginative speculation that of which Ballard is an acknowledged master. An incredible literary achievement and almost intolerably moving."
Serenissima
Serenissima (1987)
Erica Jong
"Fresh, innovative, ingenious...moving. The imagination of the poet she essentially is strikes deep. I recommend it with all my heart. "
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox (1987)
Barbara Comyns
"Let us make no bones about it: Barbara Comyns is one of our most original talents."
An Adultery
An Adultery (1987)
Alexander Theroux
"A psychological masterpiece."
The Art of the Novel
The Art of the Novel (1988)
Milan Kundera
"A 'practitioner's confession'... highly readable, provocative, and of inspirational force."
Forgotten Life
Forgotten Life (1988)
(Squire Quartet, book 2)
Brian Aldiss
"A triumphant success."
The Holy Innocents: A Romance
The Holy Innocents: A Romance (1988)
Gilbert Adair
"In the tradition of Jean Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles, considered a masterpiece. This is a far better book."
In a Cafe
In a Cafe (1995)
Mary Lavin
"I envy the skill of Mary Lavin. . . . In her capacity to make much out of little, to compress an entire ethos into an apparently banal situation, she reminds us what literature is all about."



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