Anthony Burgess Bibliography

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Anthony Burgess, born John Burgess Wilson on 25th February 1917 in Manchester, England was influenced heavily in his youth by music and literature to which hi father introduced him. He began writing poems, book reviews and short stories whilst at college before becoming a teacher. He was conscripted into the army in 1940 where he served in the Medical Corps before his musical abilities took him to the entertainments section. He pursued an unsatisfactory career in education which eventually took him to Malaya. It was this backdrop that gave rise to his first novel and also his pen name, as an official at the colonial office it was unseemly to publish fiction under one's own name. The book became a trilogy and was dogged, a theme that was to continue, by libel actions due to similarities between his characters and people he knew. Burgess is of course best known for A Clockwork Orange, a hugely controversial work which lost it's entire last chapter in the US edition. The book spawned an even more controversial film that the director himself eventually banned in Britian. His later work whilst still solid did tail off in terms of quality by comparison. Time for a Tiger and Clockwork Orange are the most sought after books with later titles being relatively common. If you are looking to buy or sell books then our rare book dealers section may be of some assistance.

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