Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List.

Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List.

Books by Anthony Burgess

  • A Clockwork Orange: A Norton Critical Edition

    Anthony Burgess, Mark Rawlinson

    First Edition, Paperback, 2011

    “A brilliant novel . . . a savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.” —New York Times

    “Anthony Burgess has written what looks like a nasty little shocker, but is really...
  • A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess, Andrew Biswell

    Restored Text, Hardback, 2013

    A newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions.
  • Tremor of Intent: A Novel

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 1977

    A brilliantly funny spy novel from the author of the ground-breaking A Clockwork Orange.
  • Re Joyce

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 1968

    Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide to the writings of James Joyce.
  • The Right to an Answer

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 1978

  • The Eve of Saint Venus

    Anthony Burgess, Edward Pagram

    Paperback, 2012

  • The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 1993

    A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism.
  • A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 2001

    Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles.
  • The Wanting Seed

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 2001

    Set in the near future,The Wanting Seedis a Malthusian comedy about the strange world overpopulation will produce.
  • The Doctor Is Sick

    Anthony Burgess

    Paperback, 1997

    "Fine, sly, rich comedy." —New York Times Book Review