Earthly Powers

This is rightly mentioned in the top 10 books to read. It's hilarious and keeps you going from WW1 to WW2 until the 80's. A real page twister, viewed by an homosexual (what phrases they used in those day will choke you) it helps if you know something of the traveller writers (whom Burgess alledgely and comically all met)including Joyce, Sartre,Dorothy Parker, Joseph...more

This is rightly mentioned in the top 10 books to read. It's hilarious and keeps you going from WW1 to WW2 until the 80's. A real page twister, viewed by an homosexual (what phrases they used in those day will choke you) it helps if you know something of the traveller writers (whom Burgess alledgely and comically all met)including Joyce, Sartre,Dorothy Parker, Joseph Conrad but also Goebbels, Einstein and many others. His brother in law also becomes the new elected pope. What a wonderful imaginative way to write. Congratulations Mr. Burgess (a bit late). I will cherish this book and reread it, I know. Wonderful book, one that makes you laugh out loud   hide

one of my favourite books of all time. a rollicking good read while examining the nature of evil in the 20th century with comic pieces, twists and turns and an ending that will have you taking a deep breath.

Every sentence is to be savoured by lovers of wit and wordplay, yet he wrings the emotions too. A masterpiece of technical brilliance. Each sentence is to be savoured by lovers of wit and wordplay, yet he also wrings the emotions. I laughed, gasped and wept at the sheer technical mastery of so many languages and a plot to die for.

one of my top favorites