After a suicide attempt at the very end of Inside Mr. Enderby, the second novel opens with the protagonist under psychiatric care and working as a bartender at a large London hotel. So, yes, it started on a funny note and that's why I was hooked. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Definitely not the type of book I'd normally read, and while I much prefer the other two books I've read by him I think this one was definitely worth it in the end. Inside Mr Enderby. This is the first of the Enderby Triology and introduces us to the main character, 45-year-old poet Mr. Enderby. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. By the time I got to the middle section in Rome I found I was laughing out loud in quite a few places. Welcome back. Enderby is a poet who parps a lot. Although Burgess was predominantly a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. The first chapter is redolent of word-play and clever metaphors. Inside Mr Enderby. I, however, enjoyed every minute, especially the lapidary language and the whole sending up of minor poets; the coarse and profane mixed with the gloriously sybaritic mellifluous hyperbole of the whole thing. Publishing the first edition under the pseudonym Joseph Kell allowed Burgess to review himself in. Refresh and try again. The book was first published in 1963 in London by William Heinemann under the pseudonym Joseph Kell. Is there any writer who can produce prose like this today? Fans of A Clockwork Orange (the book) and Irvine Welsh. “There she was, welcoming him in, farting prrrrrrp like ten thousand earthquakes, belching arrrp and og like a million volcanoes, while the whole universe roared with approving laughter. Item #226146 ISBN: 281BYO1014662 First UK edition. A truly magnificent chapter opens the novel. I wasn't going to bother reading the two follow ups, until the end. It had me laughing out loud in several places. Inside Mr. Enderby. See 1 question about Inside Mr. Enderby…, Titlemania IV: I've got a preposition for ya', Kazuo Ishiguro: A Dystopian Book in Dystopian Times. It is Mr Enderby’s lavatory … In his first clash with the outside world, Enderby is extracted from his lavatorial sanctuary by the professional widow Vesta Bainbridge in a most peculiar romance. Lots of laugh out loud moments. In price-clipped dust jacket with dark spots/foxing. Something went wrong. I read that novel when I was only 18 and enjoyed it tremendously despite having seen Kubrick's film adaptation a few times before. Jump to navigation Jump to search. But I decided I'd stick with it. Amazon Business: For business-only pricing, quantity discounts and FREE Shipping. Inside Mr Enderby is a the first volume in the four-book Enderby series of comic novels by the British author Anthony Burgess. “I'm not one of these people who thinks it's going to come and destroy us,” he... To see what your friends thought of this book, A Clockwork Orange is the only novel by Burgess that contains Nadsat. As Joseph Kell he wrote One Hand Clapping (1961) and Inside Mr. Enderby (1963). He has no love except that of poetry which he composes on the toilet. In the end I'm glad I did. Anyone who can write as something as good as that is worth a further reading! And history was the reason why she would never go to London. A wonderful book, about the connection between the divine afflatus and the less divine versions of afflatus in the human body. After a suicide attempt at the very end of Inside Mr. Enderby, the second novel opens with the protagonist under psychiatric care and working as a bartender at a large London hotel.Under the name of 'Hogg' (his stepmother's maiden name, we learn), he is persuaded to renounce the creation of poetry as an adolescent preoccupation and to pursue useful work. Synopsis. Available now. Francis Xavier Enderby is 45, lives alone in a dodgy flat in a southern seaside town of Hove in England, and writes poetry full time. Unable to add item to List. She thrust the book into the kitchen fire with the tongs, yelling that it must be seething with lethal germs. His stepmother, able to read figures, had screamed at the sight of it when he had proudly brought it home. Used - Good / Good. This, we feel, is Burgess himself at his most playful. I was enjoying the style and the way it was written, but not so much the characters. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Inside Mr Enderby is a very funny read, there aren’t many books that make me smile deliberately, it’s dark humour, it’s cynicism with a bit of slapstick thrown in. I read the complete Enderby about 15 years ago, so this was a reread, and it didn't disappoint. F. X. Enderby is Anthony Burgess’s greatest comic creation, a character of Dickensian proportions, and ‘Inside Mr Enderby’ is the best extended fart-joke in literature. The black, which was solid laughter and filth, closed on him. I had the luck of reading an edition with a lot of commentaries therefore I did not miss the numerous references to other works and authors. . Inside Mr. Enderby introduced to a captivated audience Burgess's dyspeptic poet, whose uniquely idiosyncratic, scatological brand of verse even won the genuine approval of T. S. Eliot. Anthony Burgess: Inside Mr. Enderby. Enderby was suffocated by smells: sulphuretted hydrogren, unwashed armpits, halitosis, faeces, standing urine, putrefying meat - all thrust into his mouth and nostrils in squelchy balls. I had only made one venture into the work of English expatriate Anthony Burgess and that was when I read his famous dystopian, black comedy novel A Clockwork Orange. A limited, though live, sense of history. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. A Clockwork Orange (1962; film 1971) made Burgess’s reputation as a novelist of comic and mordant power. I enjoyed the last part so much that I decided that I would read the next one as I was actually curious to see what happened next. Please try again. Not a likable guy at all, but a character that you instantly find enduring because his faults mirror parts of our lives stripped away. Start by marking “Inside Mr. Enderby” as Want to Read: Error rating book. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. In his first clash with the outside world, Enderby is extracted from his lavatorial sanctuary by the professional widow Vesta Bainbridge in a most peculiar romance. Favorite Quote = “May you live for ever and me live to bury you.”. I have gone into an Anthony Burgess mode recently. Anyone who can write as something as good as that is worth a further reading! Sure, everyone knows of A Clockwork Orange, and rightly so; that takes a lot of beating. Inside Mr. Enderby introduced to a captivated audience Burgess's dyspeptic poet, whose uniquely idiosyncratic, scatological brand of verse even won the genuine approval of T. S. Eliot. Cloth. If so, I'd like to be informed of it. I, however, enjoyed every minute, especially the lapidary language and the whole sending up of minor poets; the coarse and profane mixed with the gloriously sybaritic mellifluous hyperbole of the whole thing. He’s basically the early British prototype for Ignatius J. Reilly. In his first clash with the outside world, Enderby is extracted from his lavatorial sanctuary by the professional widow Vesta Bainbridge in a most peculiar romance. Enderby is a distinctly unglamorous character: a middle-aged batchelor, balding, overweight, dyspeptic, flatulent; his false teeth glimmer in a glass at the side of his bed. January 1st 1984 His gift very much reminds me of Martin Amis's work, though they are strikingly dissimilar in … Special offers and product promotions. I haven't read the Enderby series yet and decided to start with book 1.... Wow, what a surprise. I probably missed a lot of the social commentary of the book (written in 1963), but read as face value this book was hilarious. 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