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5 de jun. de 2021 · Devil of a State, published 1961, is set in Dunia, a fictional East African state on the verge of independence. In this novel Burgess draws on his experiences as an Educational Officer in the Sultanate of Brunei where the original manuscript was set. Fearing a possible libel case, the publisher, Hutchinson, had Burgess change the
1 de ene. de 1975 · Anthony Burgess's novel 'Devil of a State' (1961) is about the Borneo territory of Brunei (then a British protectorate, now an independent state), which Burgess renamed Naraka, Malayo-Arabic for hell (for legal reasons the name was changed to 'Dunia' and the action transposed to East Africa).
This, as did its predecessor The Right to an Answer (published at the beginning of this year) has a sardonic approach to its story — that of Lydgate, a much married Passport Officer in the little African caliphate of Dunia, who suffers much and often when his past catches up with him. His current mistress is pregnant and away on a visit, his most recent wife arrives on the scene and, at the ...
Devil of a State is a 1961 novel by Anthony Burgess based on his experience living and working in Bandar Seri Begawan in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei, on the island of Borneo, in 1958-59. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
3 de ago. de 2022 · Devil of a state by Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Publication date 1971 Publisher London, Heinemann Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 282 pages 21 cm A novel Notes. cut off text due to tight binding. Access-restricted-item
2 de mar. de 2015 · Devil of a State is dedicated 'To Graham Greene'; but the real presiding spirit here, in terms of writing about the English experience of foreign lands, is surely Evelyn Waugh. There's a similar cynical hardness to the wit, a similar fondness for putting characters through degrading and demeaning twists of fate.
