Anthony Burgess / Roger Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Roger, 1960-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.

Burgess, Anthony.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Critics--Great Britain--Biography.

Critics.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2004.

Summary:

"He was the last great modernist. Novelist, poet, composer, librettist, essayist, semanticist, translator, critic, Anthony Burgess's versatility and erudition found expression in more than fifty books and dozens of musical compositions, from operas, choral works, and song cycles to symphonies and concertos." "Here now is a kaleidoscope of a book - the culmination of twenty years of writing and research - about a man who remains best known for A Clockwork Orange, the source of Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking, mind-bending, and prescient film." "Tracking Burgess from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo, the author assesses Burgess's struggles and uncovers the web of truth and illusion about the writer's famous antic disposition. Burgess, the author argues, was just as much a literary confidence man and prankster as a consummate wordsmith."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Jack be nimble 1917-37

Sex and violence 1938-46

Happy days 1947-54

Jungle books 1955-59

Renaissance man 1960-68.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0312322518

9780312322519

OCLC:

53038114

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