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The Clockwork Testament is a novella by the British author Anthony Burgess. It is the third of Burgess' four Enderby novels and was first published in 1974 by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Publishers. It is usually subtitled Enderby's End, as it was originally intended to be the last book in the Enderby series.
- Anthony Burgess
- 1974
In ‘A Clockwork Testament’ Mr Enderby – now teaching literature to radical students in an early 1970s New York university – has ceased to be the Mr Enderby of the first book and has basically become a vessel for Burgess’s satirical commentary on the literary life and the crassness of American culture.
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- Anthony Burgess
THE CLOCKWORK TESTAMENT, OR, ENDERBY'S END. by Anthony Burgess ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 27, 1974. Back in Enderby (1968) the hero was himself subjected to a psychic retooling much like Clockwork's Alex: Enderby Poet — turned Hogg and Barman — could only reconstitute himself as Hoggerby, last seen tending bar in Tangier.
- Kirkus Reviews
Jul 18, 2023 · First published in 1974, this novel is a semi-autobiographical reflection on the author’s experience of having been the subject of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1971. This is the end of Enderby, Anthony Burgess’s finest comic creation.
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- Anthony Burgess
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- 1974
- Anthony Burgess
Enderby is a dyspeptic British poet, 56 years old, and The Clockwork Testament is an account of his last day alive. The day in question is a cold one in February.
First published in 1974, this novel is a semi-autobiographical reflection on the author's experience of having been the subject of Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1971. This is the end of Enderby, Anthony Burgess's finest comic creation.
