"There are so few genuinely entertaining novels around that we ought to cheer whenever one turns up. Continuous, fizzing energy. . . .Honey for the Bears is a triumph."—Kingsley Amis, New York TimesMore
“Shakespeare in his own stirring times . . . suffering or triumphant with the day’s news. . . . Brilliant.”—Times Literary SupplementMore
A brilliantly funny spy novel, this morality tale of a Secret Service gone mad features sex, gluttony, violence, and treachery. From the author of the ground-breaking A Clockwork Orange.More
A newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions.More
“A brilliant novel . . . a savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.” —New York Times
“Anthony Burgess has written what looks like a nasty little shocker, but is really that rare thing in English letters: a philosophical novel.” —TimeMore
A brilliantly funny spy novel from the author of the ground-breaking A Clockwork Orange.More
Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide to the writings of James Joyce.More
"Fine, sly, rich comedy. . . "—The New York Times Book ReviewMore
Before Shakespeare in Love, there was Anthony Burgess's Nothing Like the Sun: a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life.More
Set in the near future, The Wanting Seed is a Malthusian comedy about the strange world overpopulation will produce.More
"There are so few genuinely entertaining novels around that we ought to cheer whenever one turns up. Continuous, fizzing energy. . . .Honey for the Bears is a triumph."—Kingsley Amis, New York TimesMore
The only American edition of the cult classic novel.More
A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism.More