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The Complete Enderby
Anthony Burgess
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Description for The Complete Enderby
Paperback. Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 191 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. 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 the life and work of Shakespeare, Enderby emerges triumphant.
Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. 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 the life and work of Shakespeare, Enderby emerges triumphant.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099541431
SKU
V9780099541431
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99-29
About Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He served in the British army from 1940 to 1946 and was a schoolteacher in England before becoming a colonial education officer in 1954. His Malayan trilogy of novels and a history of English literature were published while he was living in Malaya and ... Read more
Reviews for The Complete Enderby
The Enderby series are even finer comedies than those by Evelyn Waugh
Gore Vidal Ferociously funny and wildly verbally inventive
The Times
Burgess is at his most inventive in these books, especially when he gives us the full text of Enderby's songs and sonnets (many of which are laughably bad). Poetry, Burgess seems to conclude, is rather ... Read more
Gore Vidal Ferociously funny and wildly verbally inventive
The Times
Burgess is at his most inventive in these books, especially when he gives us the full text of Enderby's songs and sonnets (many of which are laughably bad). Poetry, Burgess seems to conclude, is rather ... Read more