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Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess is an exercise in narcissism and self-indulgence. The main topics in the story are good vs. evil and homosexuality. The story begins in the 1970s, back tracks to 1918, and then moves forward to return to the 1970s when the main character, Kenneth Toomey is an old man.

The story begins with noted author Kenneth Marchal Toomey celebrating his 81st birthday. Toomey lives in Tangier with his...

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Anthony Burgess Biographies (7)

Anthony Burgess

1,281 words, approx. 5 pages

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was one of the most prolific literary figures of the 20th century, producing a large number of novels, plays, biographies, screenplays, criticism, and articles.John Anthony... Read more

Anthony Burgess

5,202 words, approx. 18 pages

Anthony Burgess was a British writer of enormous powers and capacity. Starting his writing career at age forty-two, he was still able to create over fifty books of fiction, criticism, essays, and tran... Read more

Anthony Burgess

19,704 words, approx. 66 pages

Widely regarded as one of the foremost contemporary fiction writers in English, Anthony Burgess began his long and prolific literary career while living in Malaya during the late 1950s. In 1949 he had... Read more

Anthony Burgess

16,540 words, approx. 56 pages

Anthony Burgess

7,040 words, approx. 24 pages

The death of Anthony Burgess in 1993 brought an end to the career of one of the most prolific contemporary writers. Burgess was asked so frequently about his productivity that he eventually developed ... Read more

Anthony Burgess

16,616 words, approx. 56 pages

(This entry was updated by Geoffrey Aggeler (University of Utah) from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 3-35.)The literary career of John Anthony Burgess... Read more

Anthony Burgess

21,568 words, approx. 72 pages

Biography EssayWidely regarded as one of the foremost contemporary fiction writers in English, Anthony Burgess began his long and prolific literary career while living in Malaya during the late 1950s.... Read more