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Old 07.31.2007, 10:18 AM   #37
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Anthony Burgess was an astonishing writer. And INCREDIBLY prolific.

I would heartily recommend Byrne, which was one of his last books, and written entirely in verse (an epic poem if you will). Made me almost piss myself in places, it's so funny.

Incidentally, Burgess wrote the subtitles for the film Cyrano de Bergerac, translating the French verse into English verse. And he did numerous other things which I won't go into now.
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