Book description
Enderby - poet, social critic, comrade and Catholic - is endlessly
hounded by women. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of
his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into
respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. But
whether he is pursuing revenge and inspiration in Morocco, expounding on
his notorious sex film on a TV chat show, or writing a hit musical based
on the life and work of Shakespeare, Enderby emerges triumphant.
Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He served in the army
from 1940 to 1954 before becoming a colonial education officer. It was
while he held this post that doctors told him he would die, and he
decided to try to live by writing. A prolific and respected author,
Burgess died in 1993.
