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First published in 1974, this novel is a semi-autobiographical reflection on the author’s experience of having been the subject of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1971. This is the end of Enderby, Anthony Burgess’s finest comic creation. Dyspeptic and obese, this is the account of his last day as a visiting professor in New York, and his last day on Earth.

The Irwell Edition of The Clockwork Testament will provide new information about the genesis of the novel, gleaned from a series of drafts and typescripts recently discovered in the archive of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF) in Manchester, as well as printing a deleted chapter for the first time in English.



Table of Contents

General Editors’ foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

THE CLOCKWORK TESTAMENT

Appendices

1. French Overture

2. ‘American Policies in Vietnam’

3. Outlines of three novels

4. Reader’s report on The Clockwork Testament

5. ‘The Nature of Violence’

Notes

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/07/2023
      ISBN13: 9781526163486, 978-1526163486
      ISBN10: 1526163489
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      First published in 1974, this novel is a semi-autobiographical reflection on the author’s experience of having been the subject of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1971. This is the end of Enderby, Anthony Burgess’s finest comic creation. Dyspeptic and obese, this is the account of his last day as a visiting professor in New York, and his last day on Earth.

      The Irwell Edition of The Clockwork Testament will provide new information about the genesis of the novel, gleaned from a series of drafts and typescripts recently discovered in the archive of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF) in Manchester, as well as printing a deleted chapter for the first time in English.



      Table of Contents

      General Editors’ foreword

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      THE CLOCKWORK TESTAMENT

      Appendices

      1. French Overture

      2. ‘American Policies in Vietnam’

      3. Outlines of three novels

      4. Reader’s report on The Clockwork Testament

      5. ‘The Nature of Violence’

      Notes

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