Anthony Burgess Books

In John 17, Jesus prayed for the unity of the church. Yet today, we tend to accept disunity as inevitable. In this book, Anthony Burgess calls us to addresses the spiritual and visible unity that Jesus desires for His people. Burgess speaks of how union and communion with Christ and His people are "the life and comfort of believers." Giving careful consideration of what Christian unity should look like, Burgess excels at uncovering common causes of division and promoting means to advance unity among God's people.

Offers a portrait of the author's first forty years, from his childhood in Manchester to the moment when, having been told he was dying, he began to write seriously

A bumper volume of the best poems by a hugely funny and quotable writer.

W.B. Yeats wrote of a poem that he "made it out of a mouthful of air". All literature and indeed language, Burgess argues, is made this way - an oral rather than a visual medium. Burgess goes on to present a survey of the history, development and cross-fertilization of languages.

In a collection of nonfiction writings, the British novelist addresses his childhood, his experiences in Malaysia and Monaco, his own work and its critics, and the work of his contemporaries.

Before Shakespeare in Love, there was Anthony Burgess's Nothing Like the Sun: a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life.

Exploring the interplay between literature and music, Anthony Burgess delves into composition, poetry, and prose, sharing his personal experiences as both a novelist and composer. The work examines how these art forms influence and enhance one another, offering insights into their creative processes and the emotional connections they evoke.

Second and final volume of the autobiography of Anthony Burgess. The narrative begins in 1959, with the author's return from Brunei and the start of a professional writing career. It ends in 1982 with the centenary celebrations of James Joyce's birth. The author also wrote "Earthly Powers".

Anthony Burgess' epic work revolves around a writer, Kenneth Marchal Toomey, and the man he is linked to through family ties, Carlo Campanati, an earthy Italian priest destined to become Pope. Toomey, now in his 80s recalls the past