Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess is an English writer (also composer) mainly known from Kubrick's movie adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, but with more monumental and notable productions, in particular the eye-opening 1985 which rivals with 1984 itself and Ora25 in importance and clarity, or his Earthly Powers that I regard as an epic work of Hugoesque proportion.
It is, in fact, unclear why this Author is so little regarded and not hailed as one of the major contemporary writers. He is, as one of the least significant features, one of the few modern authors to remain inspired by catholicism. He wrote a biblical trilogy that also made it to the screen.
Works I have read:
On my reading list:
- Napoleon Symphony, no comments necessary.
- The End of the World News, following Trotsky, Freud and the future.
- M/F, unclear what this is but Burgess' own personal favorite.
- Biblical trilogy: Moses, Man of Nazareth and The Kingdom of the Wicked.
- Any old iron, seemingly with the same epic journey throughout history than in Earthly Powers, which was one of the highly appealing features of the novel.
- One Hand Clapping on the demise of Western culture.
- The Wanting Seed on overpopulation.
- The Right to an Answer on returning from exile.
- A Vision of Battlements his first novel, written in Gibraltar during WW2.
- The "exotic novels": Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket, Beds in the East and Devil of a State, or, collectively, the Malayan Trilogy.
- The Enderby series: Inside Mr Enderby, Enderby Outside, Enderby's End (aka "the Clockwork Testament") and No End to Enderby (aka "Enderby's Dark Lady").
- An Essay on Censorship, as title says.
- Homage to Qwert Yuiop, essay on journalism.
- One Man's Chorus, latest pieces (essay, articles...)
- The Doctor Is Sick.
- The Pianoplayers, a similar title to Vonnegut's first novel.
- Little Wilson and Big God and You've Had Your Time, biographies.