Little Wilson and Big God

Anthony Burgess

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Vintage
01 November 2002

A high spirited candid book of confessions from the twentieth century literary giant Anthony Burgess

These are Anthony Burgess's candid confessions- he was seduced at the age of nine by an older woman; whilst serving in Gibraltar in World War II he was thrown into jail on VE Day for calling Franco names; he once taught a group of Nazi socialites that the English equivalent of 'heil' was 'sod' and had them crying 'Sod Hitler'. Little Wilson and Big God moves from Moss Side to Malaya recalling Burgess's time as an education officer in the tropics, his tempestuous first marriage, his struggles with Catholicism and the beginning of his prolific writing life. Wise, self-deprecating and bristling with incident, this is a first-class memoir.

By: Anthony Burgess
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780099437055
ISBN 10: 0099437058
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 November 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He served in the army from 1940 to 1954 before becoming a colonial education officer. It was while he held this post that doctors told him he would die, and he decided to try to live by writing. A prolific and respected author, Burgess died in 1993.

Reviews for Little Wilson and Big God

Packed, provocative and masterly -- Sebastian Faulks Like the best of Burgess' novels, the book has terrific pace and vivacity... It is the story of a sort of Unlucky Jim LA Times