Sunday, 31 May 2015
The Devil's Mode (1989)
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This is Burgess's only published collection of short stories, and the fact that it is Burgess's only published collection of sho...
Soupexcaliburgessisticexpialidocious: Any Old Iron (1989)
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Soup? Surprisingly, yes. We start with the life-story of a Welshman, David Jones, who runs away to sea in the early years of the 20th ...
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
The Confessions of Anthony Burgess: "Little Wilson and Big God, You've Had Your Time" (1986/1990)
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:1: It hadn't occurred to me before to take the two separate phrases that constitute the titles of the twin volumes of Burgess...
Friday, 22 May 2015
'Playing the piano is very much like making love to a beautiful woman ...' The Pianoplayers (1986)
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Since Burgess was living in Lugano in Switzerland when he wrote this novel, we can say without exaggeration that it is the work of a Swis...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2015
The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985): A Pedant Writes
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Hard to disagree with Frank Kermode's assessment of this one : It’s obvious that Burgess's powers of assimilation are, by the ...
Monday, 18 May 2015
"I Got Ninety-Nine Novels/But a Burge Ain't One"
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Hit me ! Ninety-Nine Novels: the Best in English since 1939 (1984) was pulled together, Burgess later claimed , in a fortnight. When h...
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