anthony burgess

'I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language ... a very funny book' William S. Burroughs Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just l

Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the

'Het was de middag van mijn eenentachtigste verjaardag en ik lag in bed met mijn schandknaap toen Ali meldde dat de aartsbisschop me was komen opzoeke

Anthony Burgess's brilliance as an essayist and his passion for music are united in The Devil Prefers Mozart, the largest collection of his music essa

Au tournant des années 1980, alors qu'une partie de la jeunesse sombre dans l'héroïne, un étrange syndrome fait son apparition dans les hôpitaux franç

From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarised world are r

Shakespeare in his own stirring times . . . suffering or triumphant with the day s news. . . . Brilliant. Times Literary Supplement"

Moves from Moss Side to Malaya recalling author's time as an education officer in the tropics, his tempestuous first marriage, his struggles with Cath

Among Shakespeare's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. His portrait of th

Sometimes when I’m at work and waiting for customers I think about the two of us living like kings and not bothering about the future. Because there m

'He was six feet tall, huge-chested, handsome, ebullient, a warrior, a hunter, a fisherman, a drinker.' Ernest Hemingway was arguably the most infl

Puma – published for the first time in its intended format – is Anthony Burgess’s lost science fiction novel. Set some way into the future, the

Mozart and the Wolf Gang is a kaleidoscope of a book, which stretches even the bounds of Anthony Burgess's fictions.. With its sizzying swirl of forma

Anthony Burgess’s compact masterpiece about life, death, and Rome. This new edition offers a new introduction by Graham Foster, a restored text, det

A sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, the author sheds light on what he called 'an apocalyptic codex of our worst fears', creating

Semi-autobiographical reflection on the author’s experience of having been the subject of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange

Whether he is pursuing revenge and inspiration in Morocco, expounding on his notorious sex film on a TV chat show, or writing a hit musical based on t