Accession number
PML 192893
Creator
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Published
London : Hutchinson, 1980.
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
"Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper ... Provisional publication date 13.10.80"--Front wrapper.
"ISBN 0 09 143910 8"--T.p. verso.
"ISBN 0 09 143910 8"--T.p. verso.
Description
557 p. ; 28 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Man Booker Prize judge's copy, 1980: David Daiches's copy, with his notes on inside front endpaper, "a remarkable novel in many ways. Has enormous range and gusto. Takes in many real characters from pre World War 1 to the 1970s. First person story of life of a homosexual novelist. Some of the actions and situations extravagant, farcical, unpersuasive; others very real. Some characters - Concetta, e.g and her attempt to shoot Himmler not at all convincing. The novel operates on different levels of probability. Obsessive in his details of homosexual activity. But definitely in the running".
Provenance
David Daiches (Man Booker judge and chair); Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Printed pink wrappers.
Classification
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