![]() ![]() It purports to detail the Bard’s affair with a black prostitute who inspired the Dark Lady sonnets.īurgess’s mother died during the 1918 flu pandemic, as did his sister, Muriel. ![]() Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love Life is a fictional biography of William Shakespeare, published in 1964. There, they encounter Francis Xavier Enderby. The book uses science fiction and fantasy, as well as bringing reades into the future. Enderby was the first of a set of four comic novels. It addresses themes of overpopulation, religion, and the government. The Wanting Seed is a dystopian novel that was published in 1962. It’s often funny, outrageous, and strange. Earthly Powers tells the story of Kenneth Toomey’s life over the course of 82 chapters. It features Burgess’s famous Nadsat slang. It follows Alex, a teenage criminal, who is brainwashed into nonviolent behavior. Burgess remarried six months after his first wife’s death.Ī Clockwork Orange is Burgess’s best-known novel.He was friends with Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22.He worked as a professor at Princeton for a time.Burgess spent time as a Nursing Orderly in the Royal Army Medical Corps.His mother died during the 1918 flu pandemic, as did his sister, Muriel. ![]()
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