ANTHONY BURGESS (Clockwork Orange)—99 NOVELS: Best in English Since 1939

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A First US Edition, First Printing of HARDCOVER of: • “99 NOVELS: THE BEST IN ENGLISH SINCE 1939” (SUMMIT BOOKS, 1984) (HARDCOVER, First US Edition, First Printing) • A PERSONAL CHOICE BY ANTHONY BURGESS (“CLOCKWORK ORANGE,” ETC.) • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • In addition to recognizing the usual, worthy suspects of twentieth-century fiction (JOYCE, FAULKNER, HEMINGWAY, ELLISON, SALINGER, NABOKOV, et al.), BURGESS’s fiery, pithy guide champions such under-the-radar surprises as: • ALEXANDER THEROUX • PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON • KEITH ROBERTS • OLIVIA MANNING • JAMES PLUNKETT • WILSON HARRIS • REX WARNER • HENRY WILLIAMSON • JOHN BRAINE • ROBERT NYE • BRIAN ALDISS • MANY OTHERS!• “One of the main reasons that ANTHONY BURGESS’ NINETY-NINE NOVELS, his selection of the best novels in English between 1939 and 1983, is as interesting today as it was when it was first published almost forty years ago, is that he neither aimed nor cared to be definitive. It is very much a personal selection, albeit by someone who was famously well-read.” —1STREADING’S BLOG (BLOG)• “ANTHONY BURGESS was one of the finest and most prolific authors of the 20th century. In 99 NOVELS, he offers a very personal selection of the best in English since 1939 and it is quite a fascinating list indeed. Thanks to this book, my literary horizons were broadened incredibly because it includes novels I would never have considered reading if not for this wonderful introduction to them. Some were difficult to find but turned to worth the effort of a concerted search. To say it is an eclectic list is an understatement but it reflects BURGESS himself. I feel very grateful to MR. BURGESS for opening an entirely new world of books to me as well as opening my mind, widening my taste, and giving any novel a chance. This book set me on a wonderful quest, a journey of discovery that sent me to many used bookstores (I miss them very much), book sales, and libraries. ANTHONY BURGESS did not teach me the love of reading but he did inspire me to explore the possibilities offered by great literature and not so great literature alike. He instilled in me a spirit of adventure regarding books and I will always be grateful to him for this book.” —OCEANSIDEJT, AMAZON REVIEW• “I’m going out on a limb here.... This is the most useful guide you’ll find to reading material in the English-speaking world in the period from the outbreak of WW2 to the year of ORWELL’s dystopia. He may have had his faults as a novelist, but as a critic BURGESS was discerning and omniscient.” —PAUL, GOODREADS REVIEWS• “This book was invaluable to me in broadening my horizons.” —W. D. CLARKE, GOODREADS REVIEWS• “I truly love this book…. This list became a semi-obsessive project for me and so far I have read 77 out of 100 (or 76 out of 99)…. By reading this way I have discovered some absolutely wonderful novels I may have never read otherwise (and of course I have slogged through a couple of dogs as well)—it has been an enriching experience and I'd recommend it to anybody who loves 20th-century literary fiction.” —MICHAEL P. McCULLOUGH, AMAZON REVIEWS• “I loved ANTHONY BURGESS for his erudition, his musical background, his love of JOYCE, his brilliant, playful writing (CLOCKWORK ORANGE), his knowledge of history, and his ability to go on talk shows in the seventies and be smarter than anybody else but also completely down to earth. In the pages of 99 NOVELS are just those qualities. This book—a kind of ‘minute history’ of literature since 1939—sent me scurrying into used bookstores like a field mouse. His brief, paragraph long summaries of the ‘most influential’ books since WW2 (starting with FINNEGAN'S WAKE) are provocative, funny, opinionated with a look to the long view as well. How broad was his taste? The JOYCE scholar makes an argument for RAYMOND CHANDLER’s LONG GOODBYE as the best American Novel of the nineteen fifties. He also covers NORMAN MAILER, BRIAN ALDISS, MARY McCARTHY, BRIAN MOORE, IAN FLEMING, ORWELL, BALLARD, HUXLEY, MURDOCH, ROTH, GREENE...etc. In short, you can take this as a brilliant and unpretentious field guide from a writer who loved and knew literature and the English language quite unlike anybody else around. BURGESS never lost sight of the fact that the novel is one of mankind’s greatest inventions, and he proves it with this book.” —KEVIN COONEY, AMAZON REVIEWS • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “99 NOVELS: THE BEST IN ENGLISH SINCE 1939” AUTHOR: ANTHONY BURGESS TYPE: HARDCOVER PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: SUMMIT BOOKS (New York), 1984EDITION: First US Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “First American Edition”—& this Number Row: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.” PAGES: 160ISBN: 0-671-52407-0 NOTE: THIS BOOK is not an ex-library copy nor a Book-of-the-Month-Club edition. CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD. Price ($10.95) is unclipped. Corners & spine tips are bumped. Light age-toning along top edges. Light but persistent wear along edges. Light but persistent scratching & smudging on sides but DJ is otherwise bright & clean. • CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD. Book is square & firm. There are 5 circular (ink?) stains on the front coverboard (please see photos); boards are otherwise clean (with light toning along the edges). Corners are fine. Spine is tight & uncreased with bumped tips. Text-block edges are moderately age-toned. Endpapers are fine. Pages are moderately age-toned but also pointedly bright & clean—with no writing, no underlining, no highlighting, no tears, no stains, no foxing, no foul odor, etc. LOOKS UNREAD. • SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy mailer or box. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. We are grateful you choose to trust us with your business. 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