Anthony Burgess

by Lewis, Roger

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London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. NEW - Using the techniques of fiction and memoir, as well as being a thorough and definitive scholarly investigation, this delirious kaleidoscope of a book is the culmination of twenty years' work on Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), the author who remains best know for A Clockwork Orange, the source of Stanley Kubrick's classic film. Burgess, Roger Lewis argues, was the writer as faker and prankster who lived, like an actor, by deception and illusion. Tracking his quarry from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo, Lewis assesses Burgess' struggles and grudges and uncovers the webs of truth and illusion. Outrageously funny, honest and touching, this volume explores the divisions that characterized its subject and conjures a cast of drunks, nymphomaniacs, egotists, journalists and famous twentieth-century authors. Interestingly, there is a correction and apology to Mrs. Diana Gillon which appears as a slip in the front of the book. Speculation went to far. . . . 434 pages including an extensive index and 8 pagesof photos and drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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