The Wanting Seed Resources

Websites

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Folks, the man has a foundation. Check out its "About Anthony Burgess" pages for a crash course on his life and works!

Movie or TV Productions

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Although The Wanting Seed never made it to film, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange is an Oscar-winning cult classic.

Articles and Interviews

Anthony Burgess Interviewed for The Paris Review

A meaty interview that ranges widely over literature, religion, politics, and lots more!

Anthony Burgess's Last Interview in The Guardian, 1993

Looking for a quick read with answers that a short and sweet? Look no further!

Anthony Burgess on Book Reviewing and the Importance of Reading Books

A lecture that Burgess delivered at the Dartington 'Ways With Words' Festival in 1992.

Video

BBC: Face to Face Television Interview with Anthony Burgess (1989)

Listen to the man talk about his life and works in his own words!

Let's Talk About Sex

Want to watch Anthony Burgess debate the significance of sex with American feminist Andrea Dworkin? Of course you do! (Warning: this broadcast contains intellectual discussion of the merits of the F-word.)

Audio

Burgess's 'A Manchester Overture', 'Symphony in C', and Blooms of Dublin

As you read up on Burgess's work in composition, have a listen to these extracts from 'A Manchester Overture', 'Symphony in C', and Blooms of Dublin!

Images

The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Anthony Burgess knew how to work a cravat.

The Norton Edition of The Wanting Seed

Women don't lay nest eggs, but WHATEVER! It's symbolic!

Eggy Ballantine Books Edition

We're sensing an egg theme here!

Legs-for-Breakfast Ballantine Books Edition

We just . . . don't even know.

The Penguin Books Edition

Everyone loves a good cook-out!