The Doctor Is Sick by Anthony Burgess

The Doctor Is Sick by Anthony Burgess

Dr. Edwin Spindrift has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than to people, his sense of reality is further altered by his condition. When he escapes from the hospital the night before his surgery, things and people he hardly knew existed swoop down on him as he careens through an adventurous night in London. Fine, sly, rich comedy. . . . (NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEW) by the author of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

"A cinematic British comedy in which Thurber-Man is pitted against London riff-raff, this doesn't give the full range of Burgess' Promethean verbal with but it is hilarious" -- Kirkus Reviews
"The Doctor is Sick places [Burgess] in a class with Wodehouse, the early Anthony Powell, and even Evelyn Waugh at his best." -- J. B. Lindroth - America

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the "100 best novels" of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie's Book List.

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ISBN 13	9780393316025
ISBN 10	0393316025
Title	The Doctor Is Sick
Author	Anthony Burgess
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	1997-09-17
Number of pages	270
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