"'One of the cleverest and most original writers of his generation' (The Times) 'An exciting, bleakly fascinating story told with enormous erudition and wit. Its indignation is blazingly imaginative, furiously vital and gives us hope' (Financial Times) 'The unclassifiable Mr Burgess has once more broken new ground' (Kingsley Amis, Observer) 'There is too much which is truly excellent for anyone to ignore it' (Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard)"

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was a novelist, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. He is best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, but altogether he wrote thirty-three novels, twenty-five works of non-fiction, two volumes of autobiography, three symphonies, more than 150 other musical works, reams of journalism and much more. He was born in Manchester, England and grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side, went to school in Rusholme, and studied at Manchester University. He lived in Malaya, Malta, Monaco, Italy and the US amongst other places, and is still widely read all over the world.