![]() This edition was published to coincide with the US premiere at the Brits Off-Broadway Festival, at 59E59 Theatre, New York, in May 2015. Publication date 1972 Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language eng. One Hand Clapping is a 1961 novel Anthony Burgess originally published under a pseudonym (as Joseph Kell) that is narrated in first person by a dull-witted 23. It's not hard to see how a nom de plume derived from the Book of Kells would appeal to a pun-drunk bibliophile like AB, although the decision to use it in the first place seems to have been the publisher's, anxious at over-saturating the market with. She's quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking for her husband three times a day and watching quiz shows in the evening.īut once Howard unleashes his photographic brain on the world, the once modest used-car salesman can't seem to stop.Īnd what he sees as the logical conclusion to his success isn't something Janet can agree to.īurgess's 1961 darkly comic satire of drab English consumerism is adapted for the stage by Lucia Cox. One Hand Clapping was originally published under Burgess's metapseudonym (or whatever the term is for a pseudonym of a pseudonym) 'Joseph Kell'. Janet doesn't want their lives to change that much. And it's a wicked world.Īverage couple Janet and Howard's lives begin to unravel when Howard's photographic memory helps win him a gameshow fortune. Bonjour Entrez votre adresse Toutes nos catégories Bonjour, Identifiez-vous. Because there may not be any future to bother about, you know. One Hand Clapping : Burgess, Anthony: : Livres. Sometimes when I'm at work and waiting for customers I think about the two of us living like kings and not bothering about the future. ![]() ![]() He increases his prize money by betting on the horses and then sets out with Shirley to sample the best that life can offer - including murder. He is perhaps best known for his novel A. Shirley and Howard are a handsome couple, Howard also has a photographic memory which leads him to success on the 'Over and Over' TV quiz show. Author(s): Anthony Burgess Lucia Cox (Adapted by) Burgess first novel, A Vision of Battlements (1964), was based on his experiences serving in the British Army. Note moyenne 3,83 (1 542 avis fournis par Goodreads) Couverture souple ISBN 10 : 1474253806 ISBN 13 : 9781474253802.
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