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Little Wilson and Big God

Little Wilson and Big God

by Anthony Burgess (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

These are Anthony Burgess' 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' 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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 03 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 0099437058
ISBN 13: 9780099437055
Book Overview: A high spirited candid book of confessions from the twentieth century literary giant Anthony Burgess
 Prizes: Winner of J.R. Ackerley Prize 1988.

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.