num_pages: 214
description: With film rights acquired by Francis Ford Coppola, this comic novel of instant riches is back in stock. From the author of A Clockwork Orange, One Hand Clapping is a comedy of game shows and greed, high stakes and the high life. The tragi-comedy of used car salesman Howard Shirley, his photographic brain, and the modern world's trivia and trivialities makes for vintage Burgess—at once hilarious and provocative. “Witty and shrewdly joyful.”—The New York Times Book Review “A funny, pointed novel.”—The New Yorker “Ingeniously and devilishly funny.”—The Atlantic Monthly
language: English
title: One Hand Clapping
titlecomplete: One Hand Clapping
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Collections, Novels, English Literature, Fiction, Humor, British Literature
ratings_count: 1595
publisher: Ballantine