About the Author

Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer - during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include- The Complete Enderby, Tremor of Intent, The Kingdom of the Wicked and A Clockwork Orange.

Reviews

A terrifying and marvellous book-Roald Dahl

Still delivers the shock of the new ... a red streak of gleeful evil-Martin Amis