When I first heard that our project was based on the book A Clockwork Orange, I was quite excited because I had already seen the film so I knew what might be expected from me. This might have given me the chance to play a different kind of role and work on something different, a different kind of genre. By looking through my research that I found by surfing through internet I had found out some private information on Anthony Burgess he was born 25th February 1917. The author who will always be remembered for his eighth book, The Clockwork orange, was born Jack Wilson in a small house in Harpurhey, the son of a bookkeeper and part-time pianist, and the musician/dancer he met at the Ardwick Empire. When he was a baby he was found lying in his cot with his mother and sister dead beside him, both victims of Spanish flu.
Burgess went to Bishop Bilsborrow Primary School, Moss Side, Xavarian College, and Manchester University, spent six years as a war-time soldier, and then went into education, eventually becoming education officer in Malaya and Brunei. Invalided at home in 1959 with a terminal illness, he became a professional writer in the hope that in his final year he would provide some sec
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