Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
In this episode, Graham Foster joins Andrew Biswell for the first of a two-part tour of Burgess’s life. In 1987, he published volume one of what he called his confessions, Little Wilson and Big God, in which he looks back on the first 42 years of his life, including his early life in Manchester, his experiences of war, and his time as a teacher in Colonial Malaya.
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
By Anthony Burgess:
The Malayan Trilogy (1956-59)
The Eve of St Venus (1964)
Beard's Roman Women (1976)
Ernest Hemingway and His World (1978)
Flame into Being: The Life and Work of D.H. Lawrence (1985)
By others:
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
Ulysses by James Joyce (1922)
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (1954)
Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin (1989)
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LINKS:
International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Burgess Foundation Substack Newsletter
Buy books at the Burgess Foundation's affiliate bookshop at Bookshop.org
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