num_pages: 416
description: The first volume of the two-volume autobiography.In an extraordinarily candid book of confessions, Anthony Burgess tells the story of a disaffected Manchester Catholic from his birth in 1917 up to 1959 and the commencement of his career as a professional writer. He details his burgeoning awareness of his artistic talent, his relationship with his first wife, his army career and his years as an education officer in Malaya and Borneo.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Little Wilson & Big God, 1st Edition
titlecomplete: Little Wilson & Big God, 1st Edition
genres: Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Biography, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 336
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography
publisher: Random House UK