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Anthony Burgess


(John Anthony Burgess Wilson)
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aka Joseph Kell

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
 

Genres: Historical
 
Series
Malayan Trilogy
   1. Time for a Tiger (1956)
   2. The Enemy in the Blanket (1957)
   3. Beds in the East (1959)
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Enderby
   1. Enderby (1968)
   2. Enderby Outside (1968)
   3. The Clockwork Testament (1974)
   4. Enderby's Dark Lady (1984)
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Novels
   The Wanting Seed (1956)
   The Doctor Is Sick (1960)
   The Right to an Answer (1960)
   Devil of a State (1961)
   One Hand Clapping (1961) (as by Joseph Kell)
     aka One Hand Clappin
   The Worm and the Ring (1961)
   A Clockwork Orange (1962)
   Honey for the Bears (1963)
   Inside Mr Enderby (1963)
   The Eve of Saint Venus (1964)
   Nothing Like the Sun (1964)
   A Vision of Battlements (1965)
   Tremor of Intent (1966)
   MF. (1971)
   Napoleon Symphony (1974)
   A Long Trip to Teatime (1976)
   Beard's Roman Women (1976)
   Moses (1976)
   Abba Abba (1977)
   1985 (1978)
   Man of Nazareth (1979)
   The Kingdom of the Wicked (1980)
   Earthly Powers (1980)
   The End of the World News (1982)
   The Pianoplayers (1986)
   Any Old Iron (1989)
   Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991)
   A Dead Man in Deptford (1993)
   Byrne (1995)
   The Black Prince (2018) (with Adam Roberts)
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Anthony Burgess recommends
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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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The Holy Innocents (1988)
Gilbert Adair
"In the tradition of Jean Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles, considered a masterpiece. This is a far better book."
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Forgotten Life (1988)
(Squire Quartet, book 2)
Brian Aldiss
"A triumphant success."

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Anthologies containing stories by Anthony Burgess
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Sherlock (2015)
edited by
Otto Penzler
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The Book of Spies (2003)
An Anthology of Literary Espionage
edited by
Alan Furst

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


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