Little Wilson and Big God

Author(s): Anthony Burgess

Location(s): Manchester

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs

Era(s): First half of the 20th Century

The first volume of the autobiography by Anthony Burgess tells of a disaffected Manchester Catholic from his birth in 1917. It is a candid book of confessions, evocative of English life up to the start of his career as a professional writer in 1959.

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