I kept pushing the old noga through the floorboards near, a… - Anthony Burgess

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I kept pushing the old noga through the floorboards near, and the Durango 95 ate up the road like spaghetti.

Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange · 1986 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Anthony Burgess (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) was an English writer and composer whose novels include the Malayan trilogy, A Clockwork Orange, the Enderby cycle, Nothing Like The Sun, Earthly Powers and The Kingdom Of The Wicked. He also produced critical works on Joyce, Lawrence, Hemingway and Shakespeare, and studies of language and of pornography.

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Pen Names: Джозеф Келл • Энтони Пауэл • Энтони Джилверн

Birth Name: John Anthony Burgess Wilson

Alternative Names: John Burgess Wilson • Joseph Kell

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I kept pushing the old noga through the floorboards near, and the Durango 95 ate up the road like spaghetti. - Anthony Burgess

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