After a failed suicide attempt at the very end of Inside Mr. Enderby, the second novel opens with the protagonist under psychiatric care and working as a bartender at a large London hotel. Under the name of 'Hogg' (his stepmother's maiden name, we...
"A brilliant and breathless performance…vintage Burgess… The whole performance stuns." – The Boston Globe
"Readers will howl with laughter – a wickedly amusing book." – The Atlantic Monthly
"Resurrected by popular request… Enderby the...
Comedy: a fractured family’s dirty laundry is aired, soiled, stained, muddied, fumigated and declared a health hazard when their patriarch succumbs to barbecued neck bones laced with...
This is a story of the good old prewar days when dirty freighters plowed peaceful seas, and the special story of the dirtiest ship of the lot with its tatterdemalion crew.
Mr. Slobodkin is that rare soul who can discover adventure in a Madison...