A fascinating documentary that presents the story of the writer's life, and examines the social and political events that influenced their works. British novelist and critic Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was best known for ... more »his controversial novel, A Clockwork Orange (1962). He was born in Manchester and was educated at the University of Manchester. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946 and was later appointed education officer in the Colonial Service based in Borneo and Malaya. It was during his time abroad that Burgess wrote his first three novels: Time for a Tiger (1956), The Enemy in the Blanket (1958), and Beds in the East (1959), published together as The Malayan Trilogy in 1972. Burgess?s novel A Clockwork Orange , set in a violent future in which gangs of adolescents terrorize society, earned him enormous publicity. The work gained a cult following after the release in 1971 of the motion-picture version by American director Stanley Kubrick. Two later novels, notable for their ambitiousness of scope, are Earthly Powers (1980) and Kingdom of the Wicked (1985). His last novel was A Dead Man in Deptford (1993).Burgess?s works of literary criticism include studies of Irish writer James Joyce and biographies of D.H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway. He also wrote two autobiographies, Little Wilson and Big God (1987) and You?ve Had Your Time (1990).« less
Genres:Documentary Sub-Genres:Documentary Studio:Kultur Video Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 06/27/2006 Release Year: 2006 Run Time: 0hr 45min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English