One Man's Chorus: The Uncollected Writings
One Man's Chorus gathers various essays and pieces of journalism written by Anthony Burgess throughout the later years of his life. It was published posthumously in 1998. The book is edited and introduced by Ben Forkner.
While several of the essays may be considered autobiographical, others contain Burgess's thoughts on a wide variety of subjects including geography, culture, linguistics, and novelists.
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