John Anthony Burgess Wilson was an
English novelist and critic. He was born in a small house in
Harpurhey and was the son of a bookkeeper and part-time
pianist. He was found lying in his cot when he was a baby
with his mother and sister dead beside him. They were said
to have been victims of the Spanish Flu. Anthony attended
the Bishop Bilsborrow- Primary School, Moss Side,
Xavier College and lastly Manchester University. He then
spent six years as a wartime soldier and after he went into
education, he became an education officer in Malaya and
Brunei. In 1959 he was diagnosed with a terminal illness,
so he became a professional writer, hoping to provide for
his wife. The diagnoses turned out to be wrong; however,
he decided to stick with it and he wrote over thirty novels.
Anthony Burgess was a very well-rounded artist. He drew,
wrote novels, was a musician and produced a lot of works.
At the age of twelve, his drawings were being accepted by
national newspapers and......

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