Best Selling Books by Anthony burgess

In a cult classic that rivals Pulp Fiction for its portrayal of violence in the postmodern society, Anthony Burgess''s drama is part horror farce, part social prophecy and part penetrating study of human choice between good and evil.

A novel of the life and mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.

"Stories imagine a meeting between Shakespeare and Cervantes, Attila the Hun''s thoughts on civilization, Claude Debussy''s musical discovery, and a man who becomes a permament traveler."--Descripción del editor.

Burgess''s posthumous tour de force scans the upheavals of the 20th century through the ribald adventures of its eponymous sub-Byronic hero. "Vastly amusing, sparkling, stimulating . . . learned, witty, and wildly rhymed".--"Atlantic Monthly".

In a collection of nonfiction writings, the British novelist addresses his childhood, his experiences in Malaysia and Monaco, his own work and its critics, and the work of his contemporaries.

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. He was also a librettist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, essayist, travel writer, and educationalist. This title brings together a collection of interviews from between 1971 and 1989, that capture Burgess'' famed energy, inventiveness, and linguistic talent.

"There are so few genuinely entertaining novels around that we ought to cheer whenever one turns up. Continuous, fizzing energy. . . .Honey for the Bears is a triumph."-Kingsley Amis, New York Times

Offers a portrait of the author''s first forty years, from his childhood in Manchester to the moment when, having been told he was dying, he began to write seriously