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Title: One Man's Chorus: The Uncollected Writings by Anthony Burgess, Ben Forkner ISBN: 0-7867-0568-X Publisher: Pub Group West Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Great Book for musicians
Comment: Some great, informative writing, especially for musicians - Burgess was a composer as well as a writer. I am a music reviewer and I found his essays on Shaw and music most informative, ditto on Ravel. I do not think too much of the editorial comments, however.

Rating: 4
Summary: Writing as Music
Comment: Whenever I retrospect Anthony Burgess, I am reminded of one comment: 'While the estimation of Burgess as a novelist is controversial, that as a critic is appreciated almost unanimously.' Probably its truth becomes more and more apparent as time passes. Among his well-known critical writings are "The Novel Now" and its development "99 Novels: the Best in English since 1939", and what is more, the collections of journalistic pieces: "Urgent Copy", and "Hommage to QWERT YUIOP". This one, collected poshumously, was published in paperback form this year.

According to the preface, the editor saw Burgess when he came to his university when he was wrestling with a doctorial dissertation and feeling bored. He was fascinated by Burgess'freewheeling character, wide reading and total recall. He says that Burgess could speak on almost all the themes of literature and recite endlessly 'The Wreck of the Deutchland' by G. M. Hopkins.

The construction is: (1)Genius Loci--invocation to a land (2)In Our Time--current pieces (3)Ars Poetica--on general culture (4)Anniversaries & Celebration--a lament for the dead

As is usual, the topics vary widely from Orson Wells, Marylin Monroe to Thatcher. I am a little surprised that I read it through easily as if I were carried by the stream of music of a 4-part Motet. The word 'infinitely readable' also appears on the back cover. His writing seems like a later Mozart.