'Like his subject, Lewis is an intellectual showman, a connoisseur of the arcane, a collector of titillating trivia . . . Fascinated with Burgess' consummate fakery and repelled by his control-freakery, Lewis nonetheless succeeds in humanising this sacred monster.' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express The author of over sixty books - most famously A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, Roger Lewis argues, was the writer as faker and prankster who lived, like an actor, by deception and illusion. Tracking his quarry from ...
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'Like his subject, Lewis is an intellectual showman, a connoisseur of the arcane, a collector of titillating trivia . . . Fascinated with Burgess' consummate fakery and repelled by his control-freakery, Lewis nonetheless succeeds in humanising this sacred monster.' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express The author of over sixty books - most famously A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, Roger Lewis argues, was the writer as faker and prankster who lived, like an actor, by deception and illusion. Tracking his quarry from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo, Lewis assesses Burgess' struggles and grudges and in the process creates a deliriously kaleidoscopic modern classic about an antic disposition. Outrageously funny and irreverent, Anthony Burgess explores the divisions that characterised its subject and conjures a cast of drunks, nymphomaniacs, egotists, journalists and famous twentieth-century authors. 'Lewis himself has a novelist's eye for detail . . . Will be read long after Burgess' works have vanished into oblivion.' Jeremy Lewis, Mail on Sunday 'This book abounds with such sublime moments of resurrection, on the wings of Lewis' mordant humour. The two of them wrestle for every page. Is this fission or fusion? Either way the energy release is enormous.' Duncan Fallowell, The Times
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Biography of a versatile and creative writer. Black boards with gold-color lettering on spine, 434 pp., photos, illustrated jacket. Mild wear, remainder on top edge otherwise unmarked, clean text, tight binding, very slightly worn jacket; not price-clipped.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. 1st Printing. This is a Fine copy of the first edition (1st printing) in a Fine dust jacket. In a mylar jacket cover. Includes photographs, Index, bibliography.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Small 4to 9"-11"; 480 pages; Gift Quality.; Novelist, poet, composer, essayist, critic and translator, the author tracks Burgess from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo and "uncovers the web of truth and illusion" that is Burgess. Biography. Offered By: Member of FABA (Fl Antiquarian Booksellers' Assoc). ISBN: 0312322518. ISBN/EAN: 9780312322519. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6410.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9780571217212.
