---Scottie Bowman <rbowman@indigo.ie> wrote: > > For me, Anthony Burgess is someone who would have gained greatly > from Salinger's ploy of ostentatious invisibility. > > Before his eventual death the poor man was a great frequenter > of arts & literary programmes on British television. A pair > of poached eyes, ribbons of sparse hair combed carefully over > his bald dome, an over-eager, gabbling rush of volubility - all left > an unfortunate impression. He was altogether too anxious to impress: > either with his versatility (he claimed to be a composer of symphonic > music) or with what sounded like a class swot's parading of funny words. > > In so far as 'less is more', he seemed almost wholly lacking in a sense > of personal or literary style. > > Scottie B. I disagree. I do not judge a writers work by his personal appearance. As for lacking a personal or literary style, I have not come across one piece of writing that has resembled Burgess's writing. The way he manipulated the language in A Clockwork Orange is ingenious. -Liz Friedman > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com