Feeling very surprised too at myself. I knew what was happe… - Anthony Burgess

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Feeling very surprised too at myself. I knew what was happening, O my brothers. I was like growing up.

Anthony Burgess

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

understanding growing-up

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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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Feeling very surprised too at myself. I knew what was happening, O my brothers. I was like growing up. - Anthony Burgess

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