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The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
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Anthony Burgess (28)
Birth: | 25th February, 1917 |
Death: | 22nd November, 1993 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Composer, Critic, Novelist, Poet, Writer |
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John Anthony Burgess Wilson who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess was an English writer and composer. From relatively modest beginnings in a Manchester Catholic family in the North of England, he eventually became one of the best known English literary figures of the latter half of the twentieth century.
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