When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

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When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

Anthony Burgess

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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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Birth Name: John Anthony Burgess Wilson

Alternative Names: John Burgess Wilson • Joseph Kell

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