Anthony Burgess: A BiographyMacmillan, 4 feb 2014 - 480 pagina's Interviewer: "On what occasions do you lie?" Anthony Burgess: "When I write, when I speak, when I sleep." |
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... there's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present. I think it's a wonderful story, the whole thing: trying toget me, the peoplewho won't speak,the people who dospeak, thedifferent versions, the meetings ...
... Ritesof Passage. 'It'sbloody awful. It'ssobad you have tothink there's a reason in it.' Preface to Modern Irish ShortStories, editedbyBen Forkner (New York, VikingPress). A by Foreword to Anthony Burgess: A Bibliography by Jeutonne.
... there's an amazing amount of racing around, especially in later years, when he must virtually have lived at airports waiting for theaerial busrides. I'vebeen unable to pin point dates fortrips to San Juan, inPuerto Rico, when helectured ...
... There was a great deal of selfseeking manipulation in his behaviour, in the advertising ofhishurt quality. There was somethingprecarious about him –buthewantedto belike that. We'd now arrivedat New College and, the afternoon light ...
... there's no sympathetic orspiritual contactwith his readers. It was clear,from a few momentsinhis company, that hewas unlikely to ask your opinion about anything. He was not interested in what you'd do or think orsay. In the shortrun ...