Anthony Burgess: A Life

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Anthony Burgess: A Life is the title of a biography of the novelist and critic Anthony Burgess (1917-93) by Roger Lewis. [1]

Anthony Burgess 20th-century English writer and composer

John Anthony Burgess Wilson,, who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer.

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Blake Morrison, in his review in The Guardian , describes the book as "an idle, fatuous, self-regarding book". [2]

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