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Anthony Burgess

Born

in Harpurhey, England

February 25, 1917

Died

November 22, 1993

Website

http://www.anthonyburgess.org/

Genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Seriocomic novels of noted British writer and critic Anthony Burgess, pen name of John Burgess Wilson, include the futuristic classic A Clockwork Orange (1962).

He composed also a librettos, poems, plays, screens, and essays and traveled, broadcast, translated, linguist and educationalist. He lived for long periods in southeastern Asia, the United States of America, and Europe along Mediterranean Sea as well as England. His fiction embraces the Malayan trilogy ( The Long Day Wanes ) on the dying days of empire in the east. The Enderby quartet concerns a poet and his muse. Nothing like the Sun re-creates love life of William Shakespeare. He e ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 854,053 ratings · 29,830 reviews · 360 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 766,337 ratings — published 1962 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanting Seed 3.72 avg rating — 6,893 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earthly Powers 4.13 avg rating — 3,406 ratings — published 1980 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hand Clapping 3.83 avg rating — 1,735 ratings — published 1961 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dead Man in Deptford 3.81 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 1993 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1985 3.48 avg rating — 1,596 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doctor is Sick 3.59 avg rating — 1,509 ratings — published 1960 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Like the Sun 3.76 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 1964 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Day Wanes (Malayan Trilogy #1-3) 3.99 avg rating — 926 ratings — published 1964 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honey for the Bears 3.51 avg rating — 1,049 ratings — published 1963 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Enderby (4 books)
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The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy (4 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 1,696 ratings

Quotes by Anthony Burgess (?)

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”
― anthony burgess

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“Every grain of experience is food for the greedy growing soul of the artist.”
― Anthony Burgess

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“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

tags: dystopia

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