Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984...
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Alexander Theroux (section Novels)
is known for his novel Darconville's Cat (1981), which was selected by Anthony Burgess for his book-length essay Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English...
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Under the Volcano (category 1947 British novels)
novels of the 20th century. It was included also in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Time's All-Time 100 Novels, and Anthony Burgess' Ninety-Nine...
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Facial Justice (category 1960 British novels)
Facial Justice in Ninety-nine Novels, his selection of best novels in the English language since 1939. Burgess described the novel as "A brilliant projection...
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The Mandelbaum Gate (category 1965 British novels)
James Tait Black. It was included in Anthony Burgess's 1984 book Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice. The book is set...
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Fleming's Novel to the Big Screen. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6240-9. Burgess, Anthony (1984). Ninety-nine Novels. New York:...
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999 (number) (redirect from Nine hundred ninety-nine)
999 (nine hundred [and] ninety-nine or nine-nine-nine) is a natural number following 998 and preceding 1000. 999 = 3 3 × 37 {\displaystyle 999=3^{3}\times...
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The Girls of Slender Means (category 1963 British novels)
author Muriel Spark. It was included in Anthony Burgess's 1984 book Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice. In 2022, it was...
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North America! The book was listed by Anthony Burgess as one of his Ninety-nine Novels: The best in English since 1939. On writing the book, Baldwin said...
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Lists of books (redirect from List of novels)
100 Best Novels Most expensive books and manuscripts Ninety-Nine Novels Time's List of the 10 Best Graphic Novels The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time...
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regarded by some critics. Anthony Burgess, in Ninety-nine Novels, cited it as one of the 99 best novels in English since 1939. In 1979 Motörhead frontman...
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Cocksure (category 1968 Canadian novels)
In Ninety-nine Novels, Anthony Burgess named Cocksure one of his personal selections for the best novels of the previous four decades. The novel was...
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Anthony Burgess (section Novels)
William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway and D. H. Lawrence, as well as Ninety-nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939. Burgess wrote the screenplays for...
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Len Deighton (section Novels)
told". Deighton's 1970 novel Bomber was listed in Anthony Burgess's 1984 work Ninety-Nine Novels as one of the 99 best novels in English since 1939. Bomber...
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A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (category Epic novels)
in paperback and ebook Anthony Burgess included the novel series in his book 'Ninety-Nine Novels : The Best in English Since 1939'. Burgess states that...
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Flann O'Brien (section Novels)
very great man." Burgess included At Swim-Two-Birds on his list of Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939. At Swim-Two-Birds has had a troubled...
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Anthony Burgess bibliography (section Novels)
Scrissero in Inglese (1979) ("They Wrote in English", Italy only) Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice (1984) 'What is...
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Gravity's Rainbow (category 1973 American novels)
rampant excess." Anthony Burgess included Gravity's Rainbow in his Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 (1984), writing "this work, not yet...
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Darconville's Cat (category 1981 American novels)
"largely ignored masterpiece". The novel was included by Anthony Burgess in his book-length essay Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939. It...
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(1763–1813, Scotland, N/Nh) Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, Lc); Ninety-nine Novels Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, Scotland, H/L) Richard James Burgess (born...
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Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize) is the last novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. Published in 1874, three years after the bloody upheaval of the...
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Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (category 2015 Japanese novels)
Must Be Granted, and the Ninety-nine That Can Be Done Without", published in Weekly Young Jump on January 8, 2015. The novel is licensed by Viz Media...
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My Ninety Nine Brides (German: Meine 99 Bräute) is a 1958 West German romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Claus Wilcke, Horst...
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Horse Comics' novel publishing imprint—published six original novels from 2005 to 2008. This marked the first time in the franchise where novels were original...
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William Brinkley (section Novels)
the novel, The Two Susans (1962), which was followed by The Ninety and Nine (1966), a novel detailing life on board a United States Navy LST operating...
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Rosemary Sutcliff (section Arthurian novels)
her novels were specifically written for adults. In a 1986 interview she said, "I would claim that my books are for children of all ages, from nine to...
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Ancient Evenings (category 1983 American novels)
Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4. Burgess, Anthony (1984). Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice. London: Allison...
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Michel Faber (section Novels)
shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award. Faber's second published novel was The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps (2001), set in Whitby. The original...
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Ninety Six is a town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,076 at the 2020 census. Ninety Six is located in eastern...
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The Dark Tower (series) (category American horror novels)
multiverse and in doing so, links together many of his other novels. In addition to the eight novels of the series proper that comprise 4,250 pages, many of...
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