"'One of the cleverest and most original writers of his generation' (The Times) 'Intriguing, offering an incisive commentary on the Americanisation of the UK, and on the way TV acts as an opiate of the masses' (Independent) 'A funny, pointed novel' (New Yorker) 'Witty and shrewdly joyful' (New York Times Book Review)"

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.