You’ve Had Your Time (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Burgess
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Language or languages, Traveling or travelers, Marriage, Guilt, Writing, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Criticism, Lectures or lecturing, Catholics or Catholic Church, Comedy
- Locales: France, United States, Soviet Union, Spain, England, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Malta, Malaysia, Monaco
In 1959, Anthony Burgess was diagnosed as having a brain tumor which would kill him within a year. Prior to becoming Anthony Burgess, author, he was John Anthony Burgess Wilson, British education officer. He had been stationed in Malaya (where he had written several novels) before he and his wife, Lynne, returned to England, only to find out that he had little time left to live. Burgess did not want to leave his alcoholic wife destitute; writing novels as fast as he could would be his solution. His wife refused to read any of the books that he completed. Through sheer will power,...
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