When asked by The Paris Review to describe the ideal reader of his works, Anthony Burgess came up with a highly specific characterization: The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, color-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have read. He should also be about my …
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Published on July 21, 2024 05:00