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Anthony Burgess

(John Anthony Burgess Wilson)
UK  (1917 - 1993)
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Joseph Kell
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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
Language Made PlainHere Comes EverybodyCoaching Days of EnglandUrgent Copy
Age of the Grand TourShakespeareJoysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James JoyceNew York
Ernest Hemingway and his WorldOn Going to BedThis Man and MusicThe Heritage of British Literature
99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939Flame Into Being: The Life and Work of D. H. LawrenceHomage to QWERT YUIOPLittle Wilson and Big God
You've Had Your Time: Second Part of the ConfessionsOn Mozart: A Paean for WolfgangA Mouthful of AirThe Book of Tea
 
Anthologies containing stories by Anthony Burgess
Lie Ten Nights AwakeBest SF: 1969The Road to Science Fiction 5: The British Way
 
Short stories
The Muse (1968)
An American Organ
A Pair of Gloves


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


Books about Anthony Burgess
Clockwork Universe of Anthony 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."
A Slanting Light
A Slanting Light (1963)
Gerda Charles
"Near-flawless."
Dead Fingers Talk
Dead Fingers Talk (1963)
William S Burroughs
"It demands to be read... Greatest living writer... the first original since Joyce."
The Dice Man
The Dice Man (1971)
Luke Rhinehart
"Touching, ingenious and beautifully comic."
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 (1976)
(Galactic Center, book 1)
Gregory Benford
"Science fiction at its very best."
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."
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. "
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."
Forgotten Life
Forgotten Life (1988)
(Squire Quartet, book 2)
Brian Aldiss
"A triumphant success."
The Art of the Novel
The Art of the Novel (1988)
Milan Kundera
"A 'practitioner's confession'... highly readable, provocative, and of inspirational force."



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